Bargaining and Agreement-Making: Recent Developments and Lingering Concerns (13 May 2026)

Wed, 13 May 2026 07:00:00 GMT

In this ALLA webinar, which is co-badged with the Australian Journal of Labour Law, we will have two speakers discussing their respective papers from Issue 3, 2025.

The first speaker – Larissa Harrison – will explore the approach taken by the United Workers Union in seeking to make effective use of the multi-employer bargaining provisions since they came into effect on 6 June 2023. This seminar identifies some problems and gaps in the legislative provisions, and the need for further reforms to ensure the uptake of multi-employer bargaining.

The second speaker – Professor Shae McCrystal – will explore the corrosive impact of enterprise agreements that continue to exist, ‘zombie like’, for many years after they have expired and frequently long after anyone who made the agreement is still involved. Through a case study, and exploration of FWC decisions considering zombie extension applications, the discussion explores how workers under long lived agreements may be left worse off over time, ultimately proposing that all stale agreements should have a (rebuttable) sunset date.

Ingrid Landau, editor of the Australian Journal of Labour Law will be chairing this webinar.

Download a copy of the event flyer here.

ALLA 2026 National Conference (06 November 2026)

Thu, 05 Nov 2026 13:00:00 GMT

The conference theme is: ‘Welcome to the Future: New Ways of Working and Regulating Work’.

The regulatory landscape and governance of work has seen a marked emphasis on compliance-oriented and future-focused regulatory reform in areas, such as work health and safety, workplace equality, and wage theft.

Long anticipated technological and social changes and challenges are impacting work and posing questions about the efficacy and adaptability of current regulatory frameworks. This ranges from the rapid transformations in the context for and content of work by AI, to the shifting boundaries between working and private lives, and the prevalence of the gender wage gap.

Please join us for what is set to be a conference featuring analysis and debate on the future-focused world of working and workers in Australia.

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Bargaining and Agreement-Making: Recent Developments and Lingering Concerns (13 May 2026)

ALLA 2026 National Conference (06 November 2026)