Women and Work Choices Roundtables
In 2006/2007, the What Women Want consortium organised a number of Women & Work Choices Roundtables to investigate:
- What is the experience to date of the Work Choices legislation for women?
- What do we want as essential refinements and modifications to protect vulnerable workers?
- What does the first determination of the Australian Fair Pay Commission mean for women?
Final report
What Women want - the report (PDF)
Media release – It's official: Women get a raw deal from WorkChoices
The Roundtables
Roundtables were held in Canberra, Brisbane, Perth, Darwin, Adelaide, Hobart and Sydney.
Canberra
November 2006 – in association with the ACT Women Lawyers Association, the NFAW, ACT WEL and the ACT Human Rights Office
Brisbane
December 2006 – In association with Griffith University and University of Queensland
- 82% of Work Choices AWAs cut overtime, new analysis of OEA data reveal – Workplace Express news release, 8 December 2006
- Presentation notes – Gillian Whitehouse, School of Political Science & International Studies, University of Queensland
Perth
March 2007 – in association with WISER
Perth papers on the WISER web site
Darwin
March 2007 – in conjunction with YWCA (NT)
- Notes on the Roundtable
- Presentation – Pay equity in the NT – The effects of Workchoices & Welfare to Work
- Chart – Female vs male pay rates, NT and Australia
- Chart – Average Weekly Ordinary Time Earnings by Sex - Northern Territory Trend Data
Adelaide
March 2007
Hobart
March 2007
Sydney
March 2007 – in association with the Women + Work Research Group at the University of Sydney
- The emerging picture of women employees' experiences under Work Choices: latest research (Powerpoint 276Kb)
Marian Baird, Rae Cooper, Bradon Ellem - Women's Pay in the Era of WorkChoices (Powerpoint 218Kb)
Chris Briggs - Equal Opportunity Law in an era of Work Choices (PDF 36Kb)
Belinda Smith - Closing Plenary Session (PDF 46Kb)
Summary
Melbourne
May 2007
No papers available