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Topic Research Guides: Employment Law and OHS/WHS

Research Resources and Guides For Law Topics

Textbooks

Employment Law texts are shelved at 344.10994.

Subject terms to search in the catalogue include: Labor laws and legislation -- Australia; Industrial relations -- Australia; Industrial accidents -- Australia;     Industrial hygiene -- Law and legislation -- Australia; Industrial safety -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

There are a number of "major texts" in this area with regular editions being released. Check the catalogue for details of the current edition.

Commentary

CCH iKnowConnect- look at the material in each of these practice areas

  • Employment and HR
  • Occupational Health & Safety

Lexis Advance -

  • Select Browse / Topics / Employment Law 
  • Select Browse / Topics / Occupational Health and Safety
  • Select LexisNexis Practical Guidance (dropdown arrow next to Lexis Advance Pacific Research logo at top left of screen) / Practice Areas (top left of screen) / AU Employment

Databases

Lexis Advance

 

 

Topics covered:

Employment
Work Health & Safety
  • Benefits and tax
  • Conditions of employment
  • Employment contracts
  • Ending employment
  • Enterprise bargaining
  • Enterprise agreements
  • Fair treatment in the workplace
  • Fair work system
  • Industrial action
  • International content
  • Key developments
  • Labour supply chain
  • Managing workforce issues in business transactions
  • Modern awards
  • Restraints of trade and confidentiality
  • Senior executives and officers
  • Starting work
  • Unions

 

  • Discriminatory conduct
  • Enforcement measures
  • Health and safety consultation in the workplace
  • Health and safety duties
  • Health and safety representation in the workplace
  • Incident notification
  • Model Codes of Practice
  • Offences, penalties and court proceedings
  • Securing compliance
  • Work health and safety regime
  • Workplace entry

 

Legislation

Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Cth)

Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA)

Legislation websites:

AustLII Australian Employment and Labour Law Library

Case Law

 

  • AustLII - drill down to a section and select Noteup to find related cases and commentary
  • LawCite
  • LawNow Legislation (Lexis Advance) - drill down to a section and select >> View Legislation Citator to find related cases and commentary 
  • Westlaw Australia - select the Cases search temple and complete legislation details

Instruction for sourcing case law on Acts can be found on the Legal Research page.
- select the Cases Considering Acts (Judicial Consideration) tab.