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:

Two LLB Honours Projects

Masters:

One LLM Graduate Research Paper

Doctoral:

PhD:

An analysis of pregnancy and maternity protection in the Malaysian workplace

Transplanted Legal Concepts under the Fair Work Act 2009

Domestic and international law strategies for the protection of women in the cut flower industry

SJD:

Deconstructing the Workplace Right protection under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the Act): A critical evaluation of the workplace right provisions in the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

Editorial Boards

Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Labour Law

Editor, Employment Law Bulletin

Grants and Commissions

2009-2012: ARC Linkage Grant for project titled 'Pre-employment criminal record checks' (with Dr B naylor, Associate Professor Moira Paterson and Dr G Heydon)

2008: Legal Services Board Victoria Grant for project titled: 'Criminal record checks and employment in Victoria' (with Dr B. Naylor, Associate Professor M. Paterson and Dr G. Heydon)

2005-2006: Monash University Institute for the Study of Global Movements for profect titled: 'Capital movements and the impact on labour (with L Farrell, Faculty of Education)

2001-2003: ARC Discovery Grant for project titled: 'Criminal sanctions and employment deprivations (with M Bgaric and I Leader-Elliott)

1999-2002: ARC Large Grant for project titled: 'Public sector employment in Australia (with P Weeks)

Publications

2010

A number of Professor Pittard's other publications may be accessed on line at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=865924

Pittard, M and Naughton, R, Australian Labour Law: Text, Cases and Commentary (LexisNexis Butterworths, 5th ed, 2010).

Pittard, M, ‘Fair process in unfair dismissal claims: changing landscape under the Fair Work Act’ (2010) 17(4) Australian Journal of Administrative Law 199-204.

Pittard, M, ‘Workplace misconduct, the Small Business Fair Dismissal Code and the criminal process’ (2010) 16(8) Employment Law Bulletin 111-113. 

Complete listing of publications, including those prior to 2010