Clare Burton Memorial Lectures 2009
In the 2009 Clare Burton Memorial lecture Associate Professor Marian Baird addresses a highly topical issue: the introduction of paid maternity leave in Australia.
Why has it taken so long for women in Australia to achieve paid maternity leave – and what happens next?
The lecture analyses changes in Australia’s attitudes to working women by examining maternity leave policies from 1979, when the first unpaid maternity leave decision of the Industrial Relations Commission was made, to the government’s announcement of a national system of paid parental leave on Mother’s Day in 2009. From 1 Jan 2010, working parents will also have the right to request an additional 12 months of unpaid parental leave and the right to request flexible working arrangements. These are significant, even revolutionary, policy changes in Australia. What will be the implications of these changes, for employers and for working parents, particularly women?
The Speaker
Marian Baird is Associate Professor in Work and
Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney and Director
of the Women and Work Research Group. Her research has focussed
on the impact of regulatory and policy environments on women’s
working lives and conditions. Based on her research, Marian has
most recently been a key advocate of paid maternity leave in
Australia. She has also published on the impact of regulation on
low paid women and the changes to Australia’s industrial
relations regime
The Clare Burton Memorial Lectures
This is the eleventh Clare Burton Memorial Lecture.
The lectures commemorate Dr Clare Burton, who passed away
suddenly in August 1998. Clare was a leading researcher, public
sector administrator, academic, consultant, and writer on
employment equity.
The lectures are hosted by ATN WEXDEV, an executive development program for women in the five universities of the Australian Technology Network: Curtin University of Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, the University of South Australia and the University of Technology, Sydney. A lecture will also be held in Canberra under the joint sponsorship of the Australian National University and the University of Canberra.
2009 Dates and Venues
PERTH
Friday 16 October from12.00 to 2.30 pm
Parmelia Hilton, Perth
Hosted by Curtin University
Contact
Janice Burmaz on 08 9266 3980
MELBOURNE
Monday 19 October 2009 from 5.30 to 7.30 pm
Storey Hall, Building 16, 336-342 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Hosted by RMIT University
Contact
Amy Love on 03 99250710
SYDNEY
Thursday 22 October 2009 from 5.30 to 7.30 pm
The Chancellery, Level 4,
UTS Tower Building 1, Broadway
Hosted by the University of Technology Sydney
Contact
Joanna Leonard on 02 95141274
BRISBANE
Friday 23 October 2009 from 12.00 to 2.00 pm
Gardens Theatre Foyer, QUT Gardens Point Campus
Hosted by the Queensland University of Technology
Contact
Kym Mayers on 07 31384174
CANBERRA
Monday 26 October 2009 from 12.30 to 1.30pm
Lecture Theatre 1, Hedley Bull Centre, Building 130, Garran
Road, Australian National University
Hosted by the University of Canberra and Australian National
University
Contact:
Celeste Ecuyer
on 02 61254144
ADELAIDE
Tuesday 10 November 2009 from 5.30 to 7.30 pm
Bradley Forum, Level 5,
Hawke Building, City West Campus, 50 North Terrace Adelaide
Hosted by the University of South Australia
Contact
Justene Knight on 08 83021729