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Biography
Professor Marilyn Pittard is Associate Dean Engagement and Professor of Law in the Law Faculty, with responsibility for labour and employment law in both the undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes. She completed a three year term as Associate Dean Academic Resourcing in the Faculty of Law, Monash University at the end of 2020, served as Associate Dean, International and Engagement from 2011 to end 2015, Associate Dean (Postgraduate Studies) in the Faculty of Law in 2009, and also for the period 2003 to 2006. She was Associate Dean (Research) for two periods, 1997 to 2000 and 2007 to 2009. Professor Pittard has also served as Director of the Honours Programme; Deputy Associate Dean, International and Engagement (2016-2017); and Acting Dean in the Faculty.
She was Convenor Prato Law program until 2020; and a former Deputy Director of the Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies. She is member of both the Castan Centre for Huiman Rights and CLARS.
Professor Pittard publishes extensively in labour and employment law in books and law journals, with research publications arising from the award of Australian Research Council grant funding and research grants from other funding bodies.
Her recent book chapters include:
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"Protecting Vulnerable Workers, Fairness and State Intervention", chapter 13 in Alan Bogg, Jacob Rowbottom, Alison L Young (eds), The Constitution of Social Democracy, Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK, 2020, pp237–260 (IBSN 9781509916597); and
- "Criminalisation, Social Exclusion, and Access to Employment" , chapter 24 in Alan Bogg, Jennifer Collins, Mark Freedland and Jonathan Herring (eds), Criminality at Work, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2020, pp 474 - 495.
Her recent books include:
- Asia-Pacific Judiciaries: Independence, Impartiality and Integrity, editted by HP Lee and Marilyn Pittard, publisher Cambridge University Press, UK, 2018 (18 chapters, 431 pages).
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Australian Labour and Employment Law, LexisNexis, 2015 (1095 pages, co-author Dr Richard Naughton);
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Business Innovation and the Law: Perspectives from Intellectual Property, Labour, Competition and Corporate Law (27 chapters, editors Professors M Pittard and Ann Monotti and Assoc Prof John Duns, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK, 2013).
She has published several editions of Australian Labour Law: Text, Cases and Commentary published by LexisNexis (co-author R Naughton); and Public Sector Employment Law in the Twenty-First Century, (Professors M Pittard and Professor P Weeks eds, ANU E-Press, 2007), arising from an Australian Research Council Grant.
Her article on redundancy law appears in French in the second issue, 2017, of Revue de droit comparé du travail et de la sécurité sociale, entitled 'Les licenciements économiques en Australie: un cadre légal équitable?'.
She is the International Academy of Comparative Law’s national special rapporteur for Australia on the theme of Contemporary forms of slavery, for the International Academy of Comparative Law's General Congress, Asunción, Paraguay, 23 – 28 October 2022, and with Anthony Hallal has written the report 'Anti-Slavery Law and Practice in Contemporary Australia' (2022).
She is co-convenor of two public law lecture series: the Monash Law Faculty’s Lucinda Lecture series and the Fiat Justitia Lecture series, covering topical issues in the field of both constitutional law and administrative law. These lectures are published in the Monash University Law Review.
She was President of the Australian Labour Law Association (ALLA) since 2017 until end 2021, served as Vice President of ALLA for many years and is current national committee member; and she is Principal Examiner for Law Institute of Victoria Workplace Law Specialisation Accreditation. She is editor of LexisNexis Employment Law Bulletin, which is disseminated broadly to lawyers and human resources practitioners as well as academia in 10 issues per year, and founding and current member of the editorial committee of the Australian Labour Law Journal.
Professor Pittard is chair of the Academic Course Appraisal Committee of the Victorian Legal Admissions Board (VLAB). She is Deputy Chair of the Cancer Council Human Research Ethics Committee (Victoria), and since 2005 served as legal member of that committee.
Research interests
Administrative Law and Regulation
Anti-Discrimination Law
Australian Legal System
Corporatisation/Privatisation
Employment Law
Employment Rights
Human Rights
Labour Law
International Labour Law
Workplace rights
Monash teaching commitment
LAW4199/LAW5633 Contemporary Workplace Relations Law SEM1/T2
LAW 5358 Current Issues in workplace law SEM1/T1
LAW 5374 Federal Labour Law SEM2/T3
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Deputy Chair, Cancer Council Research Ethics Committee, Cancer Council Victoria
Apr 2023 → …
Chair, Academic Course Accreditation Committee, Victorian Legal Admissions Board (VLAB) (Victoria)
Dec 2021 → …
President, Australian Labour Law Association
Nov 2017 → Nov 2021
Chair, conference committe, Eighth National Conference Australian Labour Law Association 2016
2015 → 2016
Vice President, Australian Labour Law Association
2010 → 2017
Legal member, Cancer Council Victoria
Principal Examiner, Law Institute of Victoria Limited (trading as Law Institute of Victoria)
Convenor, Victorian Chapter Australian Labour Law Association
National conference committee member, Australian Labour Law Association 2019-2021
Member, editorial committee, Australian Journal of Labour Law
Network
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New Technologies, the Future of Work, Skills and Industrial Relations (IR)
Cooke, F. L., Bamber, G., Jerrard, M., McKeown, T., Pittard, M., Tyvimaa, T. & Drogemuller, R.
1/08/21 → 8/08/22
Project: Research
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Living Down the Past: Criminal Record Checks and Access to Employment for Ex-offenders
Naylor, B., Heydon, G., Paterson, M. & Pittard, M.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Corrections and Justice Services (Victoria), Fitzroy Legal Service Inc, Job Watch Inc, Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC) (Victoria), Victorian Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders, Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)
21/10/09 → 31/03/16
Project: Research
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The Other Side of Security: Pre-employment Criminal Record Checks and the Exclusion of Persons with Convictions
Pittard, M., Naylor, B. & Paterson, M.
2/05/08 → 2/05/10
Project: Research
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Criminal record checks and employment in Victoria
Naylor, B., Heydon, G., Paterson, M. & Pittard, M.
Victorian Legal Services Board (LSBC) (trading as Legal Services Board) (Victoria)
1/05/08 → 15/09/09
Project: Research
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Focussing attention on flexible work — Secure Jobs, Better Pay Act
Pittard, M., 2023, Employment Law Bulletin, 28, 3, p. 38-42 5 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article › Other
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A fair deal? Justice in dismissal in Australia
Pittard, M., 2022, In: King's Law Journal. 33, 2, p. 248-277 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Considering the scope of Australia’s Modern Slavery Act: who should report on their modern slavery risks?
Hallal, A. & Pittard, M., Sep 2022, Employment Law Bulletin, 27, p. 90-95 6 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article › Other
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Fair standards and remuneration
Pittard, M., 2022, A New Work relations Architecture: the AIER Model for the Future of Work. Fleming, J. (ed.). 1st ed. Melbourne Vic Australia: Hardie Grant Publishing, p. 76-88 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research
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Workplace gender equality agency: the gender pay gap, law and recent initiatives
Pittard, M., Nov 2022, Employment Law Bulletin, 27, 9, p. 109-114 6 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article › Other
Activities
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Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and Centre for Commercial Law and Regulation Studies, Attorney-General’s Department Review of the Privacy Act 1988, Submission in response to the Discussion Paper
Yee-Fui Ng (Contributor), Moira Paterson (Contributor), Marilyn Pittard (Contributor) & Normann Witzleb (Contributor)
20 Jan 2022Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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10th Australian Labour Law Association Biennual Conference 2021
Marilyn Pittard (Member of programme committee)
11 Nov 2021 → 12 Nov 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Global Legal Skills Conference 2018
Marilyn Pittard (Speaker) & Tammy Smith (Speaker)
10 Dec 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference