Australian Journal of Labour Law

The Australian Journal of Labour Law is published by LexisNexis in three issues per year.

The Journal is designed to be of service both to the academic community and to practitioners in labour law and industrial relations.

The Journal seeks to publish articles, notes and comments, and detailed commentaries upon recent cases and legislation in the field of labour law. Articles may deal with an area of labour law in an analytical, theoretical or empirical fashion. Contributions detailing or analysing the importance of recent developments in labour law, or dealing with issues of policy and reform are also welcomed. The Journal is controlled by an Editorial Committee following a formal process of peer review.

Although the primary focus of the Journal is on Australian labour law, articles and contributions on overseas developments will be accepted for publication where they are of relevance to the Australian situation.

Inquiries regarding subscriptions or particular issues of the Journal should be directed to the Product Manager

Australian Journal of Labour Law
LexisNexis
Locked Bag 2222
Chatswood Delivery Centre
Chatswood NSW 2067

For general queries, please email: law-ajll@unimelb.edu.au

Website
www.lexisnexis.com.au

Contributions and correspondence concerning the various sections of the Journal's activities should be addressed as follows.

• Articles:
  Shae McCrystal, University of Sydney, law-ajll@unimelb.edu.au
• Reports & Legislative Developments:
  Daniel Tracey, University of Sydney, dtra4447@sydney.edu.au
• Recent Cases:
  Graeme Orr, The University of Queensland, g.orr@law.uq.edu.au
• Practice and Procedure:
  Tom Dixon, NSW Bar, tom.dixon@statechambers.net.au; or
  Paul O'Grady,VIC Bar, paul.ogrady@vicbar.com.au
• Book Reviews:
  Dominique Allen, Monash University, dominique.allen@monash.edu

Editors

• Tess Hardy – University of Melbourne
• Shae McCrystal – University of Sydney

Associate Editor

• Caroline Kelly

Student Editorial Assistants

• Bree Booth
• Hannah Pelka-Caven
• Petros Ketsakidis

From time to time, the AJLL recruits editorial assistants to assist with editing submissions. If you are interested in undertaking editing work, please contact the Associate Editor at law-ajll@unimelb.edu.au

Editorial Committee

• Pauline Bomball
• Josh Bornstein
• Anna Chapman
• Sean Cooney
• Amanda Coulthard
• Tom Dixon
• Dawn Duncan
• Keith Ewing
• Colin Fenwick
• Anthony Forsyth
• Judy Fudge
• Emma Goodwin
• Laura Hilly
• Natalie James
• Richard Johnstone
• Jillian Murray
• Paul O'Grady
• Graeme Orr
• Rosemary Owens
• Marilyn Pittard
• Joellen Riley Munton
• Justice Iain JK Ross
• Graham Smith
• Andrew Stewart
• Carolyn Sutherland
• Joo-Cheong Tham
• Justice M J Walton

In preparing material for submission of an article, authors should be guided by the following points:

1. Where an earlier version of a submission has been published as a working paper or conference paper, the Journal will only proceed with the submission where it is significantly different to the earlier working paper or conference paper.
2. Manuscript Presentation
   All article manuscripts should be emailed as a Microsoft Word document to law-ajll@unimelb.edu.au. Case notes and other short pieces should be emailed direct to the appropriate section editor. Electronic submissions need not be accompanied by paper copies.
3. Title
   Each manuscript should have a title which is both succinct and descriptive.
4. Abstract
   An abstract of no more than 150 words must be supplied at the beginning of each article. The abstract should briefly outline the structure and content of the article and summarise its conclusions.
5. Footnotes
   These should be numbered consecutively throughout and appear at the foot of the page. All bibliographical details, case citations etc should be contained in the footnotes and not in the text. Footnotes should not be used to make substantive points.
6. Word length policy
   In making editorial decisions we will accept articles up to 12,000 words (including footnotes), and section contributions up to 5,000 words (including footnotes).

Please click here for a copy of the Style Guidelines (updated December 2023).

The Australian Journal of Labour Law participates, along with several foreign labour law journals, in a consortium for the exchange and publication of international labour law materials. The other members of the consortium are:

• Análisis Laboral, Peru
• Arbeit und Recht, Germany
• Bulletin on Comparative Labour Relations, Belgium
• Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, USA
• Industrial Law Journal, United Kingdom
• Industrial Law Journal, South Africa
• International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, The Netherlands
• Japan Labor Review, Japan
• Lavoro e Diritto, Italy
• Relaciones Laborales, Spain

For more information about the International Association of Labour Law Journals please visit their website - www.labourlawjournals.com.