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Article by Brian Lawrence to mark the 110th anniversary of the Harvester case

Paper delivered by Brian Lawrence in November 2015 to the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace conference to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes).

This the Australian Catholic Council for Employment (ACCER) and Catholic Social Services joint briefing paper on the proposal by the Federal Government to amend eligibility for Family Tax Benefit, Part B

Thispaper discusses the current position of wage setting in Australia, the new wage-setting system, three significant changes to the wage-setting system, Fair Work Australia's inaugural wage review and raises questions regarding the setting of safety net wages that take into account the needs of the low paid.

A paper presented to the H R Nicholls Society on 13 October 2007 by Brian Lawrence, Chairman of the Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations.

A paper presented to a forum entitled "A Faith Perspective on Industrial Relations in Contemporary Australian Society Community Forum" at St John's Catholich Church, Mitcham on 9 October 2007 by Brian Lawrence, Chairman of the Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations.

Workplace Relations: A Catholic Perspective is an examination of Catholic social teaching on work and workers' rights and on related economic and social issues.  The book contains a special section on Meeting Plans to assist parishes and workplaces to further explore the issues raised.  The book is available to download free of charge from this site, or in hard copy for $5.00 plus GST and postage via the order form.

Several further amendments to the WorkChoices legislation and regulations have been proposed by the Australian Government this week.

The High Court of Australia, by majority of 5 to 2, today dismissed challenges to the validity of the WorkChoices legislation.

A briefing paper for Church employers on the nature of constitutional corporations and the transitional arrangements of the WorkChoices legislation.

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference statement on the Federal Government's workplace relations reforms.

This paper discusses two key points of the taxation debate.

A discussion paper on the Commonwealth Government's proposed changes to Workplace Relations in Australia within the context of Catholic Social Teaching and the Church's collective and diverse experience as an employer.

Letter to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations regarding the government's proposed reform of the federal industrial relations system and legislation.