Labour Law
in 2019 – continuity, change and emerging challenges
15
and 16 November 2019
Victoria
University Wellington Faculty of Law (in
conjunction with the School of Accounting and Commercial Law)
Rutherford
House, 33 Bunny Street, Pipitea, Wellington.
Conference theme and abstracts
The conference theme of continuity, change and emerging challenges encompasses
issues such as engaging with the United Nations
Development Agenda and the role of the International Labour Organization; re-shaping
the protective function of labour law; challenges for the corporate sector
including its response to pay equity, sexual harassment and work family
regulation; and access to justice.
The organisers welcome papers from academics,
practitioners and students. Some scholarships will be available for New Zealand
based postgraduate students to attend the conference thanks to the support of
the University of Canterbury Centre for Commercial and Corporate Law.
Deadline for abstracts - 31 August 2019 by
email to labourlawconference@vuw.ac.nz.
Keynote Speakers
The Society is delighted to host two outstanding keynote international speakers at the conference.
Professor Tonia Novitz is Professor of Labour Law at the University of Bristol. Her research focuses predominantly on labour law, international and EU trade and the protection of human rights. Tonia first studied law in New Zealand at the University of Canterbury and completed her D Phil at Oxford. Tonia has written extensively on labour law issues including International and European Protection of the Right to Strike (OUP, 2003), Human Rights at Work (with Colin Fenwick, Hart Publishing, 2010), The Role of Labour Standards in Development (with David Mangan, OUP, 2011) and Voices at Work (with Alan Bogg, OUP, 2014).
Dr Joanna Howe is an Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide. She completed her D Phil at Oxford and has worked as a consultant for the International Labour Organization. Joanna is an expert on the legal regulation of temporary labour migration. Her edited collection Temporary Labour Migration in the Global Era is the seminal international work on the regulation of transnational migration flows between countries on a temporary basis. Joanna has been the lead researcher on a number of projects involving migrant labour and insecure employment in Australia with her most recent report being Towards a Durable Future: Tackling Labour Challenges in the Australian Horticulture Industry (2019).
Other papers
In
addition to out keynote speakers we have been offered papers on a variety of
topics. The tentative programme includes papers on
·
Labour law issues relating to employer
adoption of technological innovations
·
Accessorial liability in Australia
and New Zealand
·
Private
security laws and workplace investigations
·
Enforcement of employment standards
·
Evidentiary burden of proving
workplace indirect sex discrimination
·
Labour law developments in South-East
Asia
·
Remedies: Do low paid workers get
short-changed?
·
Union Rights of entry in Australia and New
Zealand
·
Modern slavery reporting
·
Employer action against employees for
conduct occurring outside of the workplace
Travel to New Zealand
From 1 October
2019, New Zealand will be initiating a pre-travel Electronic Travel Authority
requirement. This will apply to most travellers who aren’t required to get a
visa before entering New Zealand (including travellers from visa waiver
countries). Please note Australian citizens are exempt, but Australian permanent residents will need to hold
an ETA. To find out more about this requirement please visit: https://www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us/what-we-do/our-strategies-and-projects/eta-new-requirements.
If you are
travelling on a passport not from a visa waiver country you will require a
visa, please visit: https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/options/visit/explore-visitor-visa-options