Marian Baird

Marian Baird AO FASSA
Born	Marian Pam Baird
Nationality	Australian
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Sydney
Thesis	Transforming industrial relations: Brownfield sites, greenfield sites and commitment systems at Colgate-Palmolive (2000)
Academic work
Sub-discipline	Gender equality in workforce relations
Institutions	University of Sydney

Marian Pam Baird AO FASSA is an Australian academic researcher, Professor of Gender and Employment Relations and Head of the Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney, and a member of the Australian Fair Work Commission. She is also Foundation Director, Women and Work Research Group. Her research focuses on all aspects of women in the workforce over their lifespan.^[1]

Academic career

Baird completed her secondary education at Stella Maris College in Manly, New South Wales.^[2] She graduated with a BEc (1978) and DipEd (1979), followed by a PhD (2001) in Work and Organisational Studies, all from the University of Sydney.^[3][4] Her 2000 thesis was titled "Transforming industrial relations: Brownfield sites, greenfield sites and commitment systems at Colgate-Palmolive".^[5]

Baird has contributed to government policy in the area of paid parental leave.^[6]

She is joint editor-in-chief of the Journal of Industrial Relations,^[7] former president^[8] and current (as of 2020) committee member of the Industrial Relations Society of New South Wales.^[9]

In March 2023, Baird was appointed by Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Tony Burke as a part-time Expert Panel Member on the Fair Work Commission for five years.^[10]

Honours and recognition

In 2014 Baird won the Edna Ryan Award "for making positive change for women in the workforce."^[4]

Baird was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 2015.^[11] In the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to higher education, and to women, particularly in the areas of workplace gender equality, parental leave policy and industrial relations, and to social justice".^[12]

In 2018 Apolitical named Baird in the top 100 people in the world working in gender policy.^[13]

Selected works

Books

• Work and employment relations: An era of change: Essays in honour of Russell Lansbury. Baird, Marian., Hancock, Keith, 1935-, Isaac, J. E. (Joseph Ezra), 1922-, Lansbury, Russell D. Annandale, N.S.W.: Federation Press. 2011. ISBN 978-1-86287-850-1. OCLC 762240451.
• Baird, Marian; Ford, Michele; Hill, Elizabeth, eds. (2017), Women, work and care in the Asia-Pacific (1st ed.), Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, ISBN 978-1-138-11904-8

Articles

• Sara Charlesworth; Marian Baird (24 July 2007). "Getting gender on the agenda: the tale of two organisations". Gender in Management. 22 (5): 391–404. doi:10.1108/09649420710761455. ISSN 1754-2413. Wikidata Q57534112.
• Barbara Pocock; Jude Elton; Alison Preston; Sara Charlesworth; Fiona MacDonald; Marian Baird; Rae Cooper; Bradon Ellem (June 2008). "The Impact of `Work Choices' on Women in Low Paid Employment in Australia: A Qualitative Analysis". Journal of Industrial Relations. 50 (3): 475–488. doi:10.1177/0022185608090001. ISSN 0022-1856. Wikidata Q57534108.
• Jennifer Tomlinson; Marian Baird; Peter Berg; Rae Cooper (13 November 2017). "Flexible careers across the life course: Advancing theory, research and practice". Human Relations. 71 (1): 4–22. doi:10.1177/0018726717733313. ISSN 0018-7267. Wikidata Q59885729.

References

1. Masih, Niha (17 February 2023). "Need time off work for period pain? These countries offer 'menstrual leave.'". Washington Post.
2. "2019 Newsletter Issue 28" (PDF). Stella Maris College Manly. Stella Maris College. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
3. "University of Sydney community honoured in Queen's Birthday list". The University of Sydney. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
4. "Staff Profile: Professor Marian Baird". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
5. Baird, Marian (2000), Transforming industrial relations: Brownfield sites, greenfield sites and commitment systems at Colgate-Palmolive
6. "ParlInfo - STANDING COMMITTEE ON FAMILY AND HUMAN SERVICES : 16/05/2006 : Balancing work and family". parlinfo.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
7. "Journal of Industrial Relations". SAGE Journals. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
8. "OFFICER (AO) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA" (PDF). Governor-General of Australia (old website). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
9. "Current Committee Members 2020". Industrial Relations Society of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
10. Burke, Tony (6 March 2023). "Media Release: Appointments to Fair Work Commission Expert Panels". Ministers's Media Centre: Ministers of the Employment and Workplace Relations Portfolio. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
11. "Academy Fellow: Professor Marian Baird AO, FASSA". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
12. "Dr Marian Pam BAIRD". It's An Honour. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
13. "Professor Marian Baird named in top 100 people in gender policy". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 14 January 2021.

External links

• Marian Baird interviewed by Jane Caro and Catherine Fox on "Women With Clout"
• Marian Baird on Twitter