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.

Doctoral:

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

2008: Legal Services Board Victoria: Criminal Record Checks and Employment in Victoria (with Dr B. Naylor, Associate Professor M. Paterson and Dr G. Heydon)

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

2008

Pittard, M. and Naylor, B. 'In the Shadow of a Criminal Record: Proposing a Just Model of Criminal Record Employment Checks' (2008) 32(1) Law Review 171-198 

Pittard, M. 'The Fair Work Bill: The Blueprint for the National Workplace Relations System' (2008) 14(8) Employment Law Bulletin 70-75

Conference Paper
'Temporary Overseas Workers and Employment Standards' Australian Labour Biennial National Conference, Melb. November 2008

Complete listing of publications, including those prior to 2008