Legal Effects of Language Issues in Workplace Discourse: Evidence from Australia’s Fairwork Commission

• Pietro Manzella ^[1]
  1. [1] Association for International and Comparative Studies in thefield of Labour Law and Industrial Relations (ADAPT)
• Localización: Lebende Sprachen, ISSN 0023-9909, Vol. 66, Nº. 1, 2021, págs. 166-179
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between law and language in workplace discourse. To this end, a number of pronouncements issued by Australia’s Fair Work Commission – which mostly deals with employment litigation – are examined to see to what extent language-related problems affect both the employment relationship and the decision handed down by lawmakers when evaluating the cases submitted.