Alysia Blackham

Enforcing Rights in Employment Tribunals: Insights from Age Discrimination Claims in a New ‘Dataset’

Alysia Blackham

Journal article  |  2021  |  Legal Studies

The online publication of Employment Tribunal (ET) decisions in England, Wales and Scotland marks a watershed moment, opening up n..

Does removing default retirement ages benefit individuals? A comparative empirical case study of the university sector

Alysia Blackham

Journal article  |  2021  |  International Journal of Discrimination and the Law

In 2011, the UK government abolished the national default retirement age. While this could support extended working lives and prom..

Reforming Responses to the Challenges of Judicial Incapacity

A Lynch, A Blackham

Journal article  |  2020  |  Federal Law Review

Judicial incapacity, while under-researched, presents unique challenges for supporting and responding to issues of judicial perfor..

Intersectional Discrimination in Australia: An Empirical Critique of the Legal Framework

Alysia Blackham, Jeromey Temple

Journal article  |  2020  |  University of New South Wales Law Journal

Australian equality law is still largely dependent on individual enforcement to achieve systemic change. The degree to which discr..

Unpacking precarious academic work in legal education

Alysia Blackham

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Law Teacher

Precarious work is becoming increasingly prevalent in academe, as tenured opportunities diminish and university employment practic..

Why Do Employment Age Discrimination Cases Fail? An Analysis of Australian Case Law

Alysia Blackham

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Sydney Law Review

Employment age discrimination cases are notoriously unsuccessful in Australia. While it is arguable that most strong cases are set..

Pensions and the Modern Workforce

Alysia Blackham

Book Chapter  |  2020

Old age pensions play a fundamental role in ensuring adequacy of income for the elderly into old age. While pensions fulfil a key ..

Interrogating the ‘Dignity’ Argument for Mandatory Retirement: An Undignified Development?

Alysia Blackham

Journal article  |  2019  |  Industrial Law Journal

Human dignity is often cited as a justification and foundation for equality law. However, it is also used in some contexts to just..

An experimentalist approach to equality: a case study of retirement in the UK university sector

Alysia Blackham

Journal article  |  2019  |  Legal Studies

Experimentalism is a theory of regulation in which change is achieved via a process of ‘directly deliberative polyarchy’ within an..

Resolving Discrimination Claims outside the Courts: Alternative Dispute Resolution in Australia and the United Kingdom

Alysia Blackham, Dominique Allen

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian Journal of Labour Law

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is a longstanding feature of both Australian and United Kingdom (UK) anti-discrimination law...