Papers and submissions

ERLS strongly supports legislative reform to limit the use of non-compete and other restraint of trade clauses, particularly in relation to low- and middle-income workers. Our key reform priority is to ban non-compete clauses in employment contracts in Australia, at a minimum for low- and middle-income workers. We also recommend further reform to restrict other restraint of trade clauses (such as non-solicitation clauses) in employment contracts so that they only operate to the extent that they are reasonable and proportionate.

This report outlines the achievements of the partnership between the three community legal centres and marks the release of an independent review of ERLS’s four-year impact.

A list of NSW Police Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and guidelines obtained through freedom of information laws.

A seminar on the new Costs Protection Laws established under the Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (Costs Protection) Bill 2023.

The Human Rights Law Centre and Redfern Legal Centre's submission to the Government’s consultation on proposed legislation to restrict the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in workplace sexual harassment cases.

Submissions authored by RLC’s Financial Abuse Service: Submission to the Attorney General’s Department’s consultation on a bankruptcy Minimal Asset Procedure (August 2024)

Redfern Legal Centre's Submission to the 2024 Federal Parliamentary Inquiry into Australia’s Youth Justice and Incarceration System.

Consultation into the Electronic Transactions Act 1999 (Cth) (ETA). Our input is narrowly focused on responses to economic abuse based on casework experience.

Our submission to provide feedback to assist the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee in its review of the Family Law Amendment Bill 2024 (the Bill).

The Economic Abuse Reference Group (EARG) welcomes the release of the Exposure Draft Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2024: Buy Now Pay Later (the Bill) and the Exposure Draft National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Low Cost Credit) Regulations 2024 (the Regulations).