Climate change poses fundamental challenges to Australian employment law, with increasingly extreme weather events disrupting workplaces across the country. Drawing on climate change adaptation literature, our speakers examine the role of employment law in minimising climate change impacts on parties; the capacity of employment law to adapt to changing circumstances; and the resources, institutions, or mechanisms needed to promote adaptation. These aspects of adaptation will be examined in relation to unfair dismissal, enterprise bargaining and collective action, and work health and safety.
This webinar draws from: Gabrielle Golding, Phillipa McCormack and Kerryn Brent, ‘The Changing Climate of Australian Employment Law’ (2023) 46(4) UNSW Law Journal 1284.
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