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This collection draws together contributions from leading Australian and international labour law scholars, based on papers delivered at a conference to mark the 21st birthday of the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law at the University of Melbourne. Collectively, the contributions provide an account and exploration of labour law scholarship's evolution over the last two decades, and its future trajectory. They explore a number of enduring and emerging themes in labour law, including: \n \n The Foundations of Labour Law Scholarship \n From Labour Law to Labour Market Regulation \n Labour Law, Equality and Human Rights \n Effectiveness and Enforcement in Labour Law \n Sidestepping the Law Through Legal Structures \n International and Comparative Labour Law Perspectives \n The Future of Work and Labour Law \n \nThe book offers conclusions about the progress that labour law scholarship has made in facing fundamental changes in the organisation of capital, work and labour markets, as well as suggesting ideas for how labour law might continue to evolve to meet new challenges.

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This collection of essays about the development of labour law's scholarship in Australia is a timely reminder that labour law and its scholarship are constantly changing and adapting to the labour market. At present, Australia's labour regulation is undergoing an acute period of change. The Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the FW Act) just saw one of the most substantial amendments to its sections since its introduction in 2010 - the Fair Work (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Act 2017 (Cth). There are increasing calls for a complete overhaul of the FW Act, including by a past Vice-President of the Fair Work Commission, Graeme Watson. On 11 October 2017 the Federal Court of Australia upheld the Fair Work Commission's decision to reduce penalty rates as of 1 July 2017. Richard Johnstone's chapter on vertical disintegration of labour supply is a topical read following the recent introduction of franchisor and holding company liability for franchisee and subsidiary's breaches of the FW Act. Joanna Howe's chapter on migration intermediaries, or agents who charge for a migration outcome, is opportune given the Senate Education and Employment References Committee Report A National Disgrace , 7-Eleven, Baiada and Harvester Inquiries conducted by the Fair Work Ombudsman in recent times. The Evolving Project of Labour Law neatly summarises the next big issues in labour market regulation. The essays are short, easily digestible and do not require a prior understanding of employment law. For those practitioners seeking to learn more about contemporary issues in labour law, this text should not be overlooked. - Kirsty Easdale, Ethos, ACT Law Society, December 2017

This collection of essays aboutâ ¨ the development of labour law's scholarship in Australia is a timely reminder that labour law and its scholarship are constantly changing and adapting to the labour market. At present, Australia's labour regulation is undergoing an acute period of change. The Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)â ¨ (the FW Act) just saw one of theâ ¨ most substantial amendments to its sections since its introduction in 2010 - the Fair Work (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Act 2017â ¨ (Cth). There are increasing calls forâ ¨ a complete overhaul of the FW Act, including by a past Vice-President of the Fair Work Commission, Graeme Watson. On 11 October 2017 the Federal Court of Australia upheld the Fair Work Commission's decision to reduce penalty rates as of 1 July 2017. Richard Johnstone's chapter on vertical disintegration of labour supply is a topical read following the recent introduction of franchisor and holding company liability for franchisee and subsidiary's breaches of the FW Act. Joanna Howe's chapter on migration intermediaries, or agents who charge for a migration outcome, is opportune given the Senate Education and Employment References Committee Report A National Disgrace , 7-Eleven, Baiada and Harvester Inquiries conducted by the Fair Work Ombudsman in recent times. The Evolving Project of Labour Law neatly summarises the next big issues in labour market regulation. The essays are short, easily digestible and do not require a prior understanding of employment law. For those practitioners seeking to learn more about contemporary issues in labour law, this text should not be overlooked. - Kirsty Easdale, Ethos, ACT Law Society, December 2017

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John Howe is a Professor in the Melbourne Law School and a Co-Director of the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law Anna Chapman is an Associate Professor in the Melbourne Law School and a Co-Director of the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law. Ingrid Landau is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law (CELRL), and a doctoral student within the CELRL and the Centre for International Law and the Humanities at Melbourne Law School.

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