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A recent Redfern Legal Centre employment case highlighted the importance of foreign workers having access to information regarding their workplace rights during employment and access to legal advice in the case of dismissal.

RLC has recently assisted a number of people with discrimination complaints in which there have been significant issues identifying the correct respondent, or, in other words, the entity to whom the complaint should be correctly directed.

Redfern Legal Centre is submitting a response on the proposed amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) to the Hon Attorney-General George Brandis.

RLC has been closely monitoring the impact of Australia’s new ‘anti-bullying’ workplace laws, which came into effect earlier this year.

A recent Redfern Legal Centre discrimination case raised interesting issues about the interaction between federal disability discrimination and workers’ compensation laws in settling matters.

Redfern Legal Centre supports the new provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) aimed at preventing workplace bullying. The provisions came into effect on 1 January 2014.

The NSW Legislative Council Standing Committee on Law and Justice tabled their final report and recommendations from their inquiry into racial vilification laws in NSW on 3 December 2013.

Vicki Alexander was a café worker at Mobbs Lane Café, owned by Cappello Brothers Pty Ltd (Cappello Bros). Ms Alexander was sexually harassed by her manager Nick Vekiarellis during the course of her employment in 2008.

Redfern Legal Centre in partnership with Clayton Utz is expanding the scope of service offered through the Unfair Dismissal Advocacy Scheme.

Sophia (not her real name) was Italian and began working part time in a clothes shop under her Working Visa. Her employer required her to wear clothes from the store while she was working.