Current Research Projects

An overview of the interrelated research projects currently being undertaken by Centre Members is provided below.

Australian Research Council Funded Research Projects

Formal and Informal Regulation of Labour Disputes in Southeast Asia
John Howe
Work in Franchises: Searching for Solutions at the Regulatory Frontier
Tess Hardy

Other Funded Research Projects

‘Caring and Workplace Gender Equality in the Public Sector in Victoria’, Commission for Gender Equality in the Public Sector (CGEPS), Research Grants
Alysia Blackham, Beth Gaze, Leah Ruppanner, Susan Ainsworth, and Brendan Churchill
‘Fair Work Commission: Assessment of Tribunal Excellence’, An independent assessment of the tribunal using the Australian and New Zealand Tribunal Excellence Framework
Sean Cooney, Beth Gaze, Tess Hardy and John Howe
International Labour Organization, ILO-SOUTH ASIA, lead International Consultant on Reform and Consolidation of Labour Laws in Pakistan
Sean Cooney
International Labour Organization, Updating for International Court of Justice case of Background document on the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), in relation to the right to strike and the modalities and practices of strike action at national level
Sean Cooney
International Labour Organization, Country study on gig economy regulation in Australia
Sean Cooney
The Use of International Human Rights Law by Australian Courts, MLS Research Excellence Fund
Beth Gaze and Lisa Waddington
‘Comparative Review of Employment Law Enforcement’, Resolution Foundation (UK)
Tess Hardy, David Peetz and Negar Faaliyat
'Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO), Assessing the Impact of FWO Administrative Sanctions’, Fair Work Ombudsman
Tess Hardy and John Howe
‘A Fair Day’s Work: Detecting Wage Theft with Data’, funded by Paul Ramsay Foundation
John Howe and Timothy Kariotis
‘The Policy Arguments for, and the Feasibility of, “Pure Risk” Prosecutions under the Australian Work Health and Safety Acts) for Ferrovial Construction Pty Ltd, as part of an Enforceable Undertaking given by Ferrovial Construction Pty Ltd to the Office of Industrial Relations,
Queensland, under the Queensland Work Health and Safety Act 2011
Richard Johnstone
‘Regulating Digital Campaigning Resources: A Regional Study of the Asia-Pacific’, International IDEA
Joo-Cheong Tham