Professor Marilyn Pittard

Research Interests

Administrative Law and Regulation
Anti-Discrimination Law
Australian Legal System
Corporatisation/Privatisation
Employment Law
Employment Rights
Human Rights
Labour Law

Supervisor Profile

Qualified to supervise: Honours; Masters; PhD;

Current projects under supervision

Honours:

Supervising honours thesis on the impact of the High Court's decision in the Electrolux case and the scope of employment matters in certified agreements

Masters:

Supervising graduate research papers on:-

Religious Holidays and Discrimination Laws;

Transmission of Business and Gribbles' case in the High Court.

PhD:

No current projects

Editorial Boards

Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Labour Law

Editor, Employment Law Bulletin

Faculty Advisor, Monash University Law Review

1988-2005: Recent Legislation Section Editor, Australian Journal of Labour Law

Section Co-Editor, Industrial Relations and Law, Australian Business Law Review (until 2005)

1994-1998: Editorial Board Member, Human Resources Law Bulletin

Grants and Commissions

ARC Large Grant for project Public Sector Employment in Australia (with P Weeks)

ARC Discovery Grant for project Criminal Sanctions and Employment Deprivations (with M Bgaric and I Leader-Elliott)

Monash University Institute for the Study of Global Movements for Capital Movements and the Impact on Labour (with L Farrell, Faculty of Education)

Publications

2007

'Reasons for Administrative Decisions: Legal Framework and Reform', in Groves and Lee (Eds) Australian Administrative Law: Fundamentals, Principles and Doctrines, Cambridge University Press (2007) 172 to 184

'Protection from Unfair Dismissal' in  Bromberg and  Irving (Eds), Australian Charter of Employment Rights, The Australian Institute of Employment Rights, Hardie Grant Books (2007)

Public Sector Employment in the Twenty-First Century (edited with Weeks, P.)ANU EPress, Canberra, ACT, 2007

'Challenges Ahead: Workplace Relations Legislation and the Future', in Public Sector Employment in the Twenty-First Century M. Pittard and P. Weeks (eds), ANU EPress, Canberra, ACT, 2007, chapter 11

‘Outsourcing and New Employer Entities: Challenges to Traditional Public Sector Employment’, in Public Sector Employment in the Twenty-First Century, M. Pittard and P. Weeks (eds), ANU EPress, Canberra, ACT, 2007, chapter 7

‘Public Sector Employment In The Twenty-First Century: Themes and Introduction’, in Public Sector Employment on the Twenty-First Century, M. Pittard and P. Weeks (eds), ANU EPress, Canberra, ACT, 2007, chapter one.

Complete listing of publications, including those prior to 2007