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dc.contributor.authorHarpur, Paul
dc.contributor.authorFrench, Ben
dc.contributor.authorBales, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:06:58Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:06:58Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2014-02-28T03:07:10Z
dc.identifier.issn23317493
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/55336
dc.description.abstractUntil recently, Australian disability discrimination law was similar to that of the United States and much of the rest of the world: it defined disability relatively narrowly, its penalties for noncompliance were relatively paltry, and it depended on enforcement of lawsuits brought by aggrieved private citizens. In 2009, however, Australia adopted the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act). The FW Act defined disability much more broadly, increased substantially the penalties for noncompliance, and created a state institution to enforce disability rights. This article analyses the FW Act, compares it to the workplace disability law in the United States, and argues that the FW Act is a transformational development in the struggle to achieve workplace equality and is an approach that should attract significant international interest.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCornell University, Cornell Law School
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.cornellhrreview.org/australias-solution-to-disability-discrimination-enforcement/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto8
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCornell HR Review
dc.relation.ispartofvolumeNov 2011
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLabour Law
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode180118
dc.titleAustralia's solution to disability discrimination enforcement
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.date.issued2011
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gro.griffith.authorFrench, Ben J.


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