John Howe

University of Melbourne Law School

Centre for Employment & Labour Relations Law

Parkville, Victoria, 3010

Australia

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1.

Partners in Enforcement? The New Balance between Government and Trade Union Enforcement of Employment Standards in Australia

Australian Journal of Labour Law, Vol. 23, No. 3, 2009, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 509
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Dec 2010
Tess Hardy and John Howe
University of Melbourne - Law School and University of Melbourne Law School
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enforcement, trade unions, Fair Work Act

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Employment Protection and Employment Promotion: The Contested Terrain of Australian Labour Law

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 26 Feb 2001
Anthony O'Donnell, Richard Mitchell, Christopher Arup, John Howe and Joo-Cheong Tham
La Trobe Law School, Monash University - Department of Business Law & Taxation, La Trobe Law School, University of Melbourne Law School and University of Melbourne
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employment, protection, promotion, Australia, labour law, contested

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Government as Industrial Relations Role Model: The Promotion of Collective Bargaining and Workplace Cooperation by Non-Legislative Mechanisms

REDISCOVERING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: AUSTRALIA'S FAIR WORK ACT IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, W.B. Creighton & A. Forsyth, eds., Routledge, New York, 2012, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 572
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 28 Mar 2012
John Howe
University of Melbourne Law School
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collective bargaining, industrial relations, workplace

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Accountability and the Fair Work Ombudsman

Australian Journal of Administrative Law, Vol. 18, No. 3, 2011, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 577
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 17 Apr 2012
Tess Hardy and John Howe
University of Melbourne - Law School and University of Melbourne Law School
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fair work ombudsman, work choices, accountability

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Labour and Labour-Related Laws in Micro and Small Enterprises: Innovative Regulatory Approaches

SEED Working Paper No. 81, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 322
Number of pages: 158 Posted: 21 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2008
Colin Fenwick, John Howe, Shelley D. Marshall, Ingrid Landau and Ingrid Landau
University of Melbourne - Law School, University of Melbourne Law School, RMIT University and Monash UniversityMonash University
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micro, small, enterprises, ILO, labour, law, responsive regulation

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'Deregulation' of Labor Relations in Australia: Toward Command and Control

U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 136, CELRL Working Paper No. 34
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Oct 2005
John Howe
University of Melbourne Law School
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labor relations, Australia, deregulation, Building and Construction Industry Improvement Bill 2003, Workplace Relations Act 1996

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'Light Touch' Labour Regulation by State Governments in Australia: A Preliminary Assessment

U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 209, Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law Working Paper No. 40
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 07 Feb 2007
John Howe, Ingrid Landau and Ingrid Landau
University of Melbourne Law School and Monash UniversityMonash University
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light touch, labour, market, regulation, work choice, australia, industrial relations, deregulation

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The Regulatory Impact of Using Public Procurement to Promote Better Labour in Corporate Supply Chains

FAIR TRADE, CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY AND BEYOND: EXPERIMENTS IN GLOBALISING JUSTICE, K. Macdonald and S. Marshall, eds., Ashgate, 2010, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 528
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 17 Feb 2011
John Howe
University of Melbourne Law School
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labour law, labour standards

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The Broad Idea of Labour Law: Industrial Policy, Labour Market Regulation and Decent Work

THE IDEA OF LABOUR LAW, G. Davidov and B. Languille, eds., Oxford University Press, Forthcoming, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 529
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 25 Mar 2011
John Howe
University of Melbourne Law School
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labour law, employment, industrial policy

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Regulating for Innovation in Workplace Production and Employment Systems: A Preliminary Discussion of Issues and Themes

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 06 May 2008
Anthony Forsyth, Peter G. Gahan, John Howe and Richard Mitchell
RMIT University Graduate School of Business & Law, University of Melbourne - Department of Management and Marketing, University of Melbourne Law School and Monash University - Department of Business Law & Taxation
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workplace innovation, employment systems, regulation

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Time and Money Under Work Choices: Understanding the New Workplace Relations Act as a Scheme of Regulation

University of New South Wales Law Review, Vol. 29, pp. 215-241, 2006, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 276
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 Nov 2007
Sean Cooney, Jill Murray and John Howe
University of Melbourne - Law School, La Trobe Law School and University of Melbourne Law School
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Work Choices, workplace relations act, Australia, regulation, time, pay

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Too Soft or Too Severe? Enforceable Undertakings and the Regulatory Dilemma Facing the Fair Work Obmudsman

Federal Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2013, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 669
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Dec 2013
Tess Hardy and John Howe
University of Melbourne - Law School and University of Melbourne Law School
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Fair Work Ombudsman, Fair Work Act

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Using Public Procurement to Promote Better Labour Standards in Australia: A Case Study of Responsive Regulatory Design

Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 51, No. 4, 2009, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 507
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 15 Nov 2010
John Howe, Ingrid Landau and Ingrid Landau
University of Melbourne Law School and Monash UniversityMonash University
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government procurement, labour standards, responsive regulation

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The Coalition's Proposed Industrial Relations Changes: An Interim Assessment

Australian Bulletin of Labour, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 189-209, 2005, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 223
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 17 Apr 2007
John Howe, Jill Murray, Richard Mitchell, Anthony O'Donnell and Glenn Patmore
University of Melbourne Law School, La Trobe Law School, Monash University - Department of Business Law & Taxation, La Trobe Law School and University of Melbourne - Law School
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industrial relations, reform, coalition, labour, regulation, Australia, arbitration

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Creating Ripples, Making Waves? Assessing the General Deterrence Effects on Enforcement Activities of the Fair Work Ombudsman

39(4) Sydney Law Review (2017), 471-500, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 761
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 02 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2018
Tess Hardy and John Howe
University of Melbourne - Law School and University of Melbourne Law School
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employment, Australia, Fair Work Ombudsman

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The Plural Regulation of Work: A Pilot Study of Restaurant Workers in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Research Report, Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, and Centre for Asian Law, University of Melbourne, ISBN: 978-0-7340-5391-6
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 31 Oct 2017
Petra Mahy, Richard Mitchell, Sean Cooney and John Howe
Monash University - Department of Business Law & Taxation, Monash University - Department of Business Law & Taxation, University of Melbourne - Law School and University of Melbourne Law School
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labour regulation, Indonesia, restaurants, informal norms

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'Light Touch' Labour Regulation by State Governments in Australia

Melbourne University Law Review, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2007, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 311
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 04 Mar 2008
John Howe, Ingrid Landau and Ingrid Landau
University of Melbourne Law School and Monash UniversityMonash University
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state, government, Australia, labour, regulation, light touch

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Collective Bargaining and the Ownership of Employee Creation: An Empirical Examination of Statutory Industrial Instruments

Australian Journal of Labour Law, Volume 26, No. 3, 2013, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 677
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 07 May 2014
John Howe and Andrew Newman
University of Melbourne Law School and University of Melbourne - Law School
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collective bargaining, ownership

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Chain Reaction: A Strategic Approach to Addressing Employment Non-Compliance in Complex Supply Chains

Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 57, No. 4 (2015), U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 777
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 24 May 2018 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2018
Tess Hardy and John Howe
University of Melbourne - Law School and University of Melbourne Law School
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Fair Work Ombudsman, employer

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Do Investment Attraction Incentives Create Decent Jobs? A Study of Labour Conditions in Industry Assistance Contracts

Labour & Industry, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2009, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 512
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 06 Dec 2010
John Howe, Ingrid Landau and Ingrid Landau
University of Melbourne Law School and Monash UniversityMonash University
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industry assistance, job quality

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Trade Union Ambivalence Toward Enforcement of Employment Standards as an Organizing Strategy

Theoretical Inquiries in Law, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2016, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 726
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 25 Feb 2016
Ingrid Landau, Ingrid Landau and John Howe
Monash UniversityMonash University and University of Melbourne Law School
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unions, labour law, regulation and enforcement

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Mandate, Discretion and Professionalisation in an Employment Standards Enforcement Agency: An Antipodean Experience

Law & Policy, Vol. 35, No. 1-2, 2013, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 664
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Dec 2013
John Howe, Tess Hardy and Sean Cooney
University of Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne - Law School and University of Melbourne - Law School
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regulatory enforcement, employment standards, labour inspection, relational regulation

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Less Energetic, but More Enlightened? Exploring the Fair Work Ombudsman’s Use of Litigation Since Work Choices

(2013) 35 Sydney Law Review 565
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 23 Jan 2021
Tess Hardy, John Howe and Sean Cooney
University of Melbourne - Law School, University of Melbourne Law School and University of Melbourne - Law School
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Litigation, Enforcement, Regulatory Agency, Deterrence, Labour Law

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Qualitative Fieldwork

Final version of this Chapter has been published in Cambridge Handbook of Comparative Law, edited by Mathias Siems and Po Jen Yap, Cambridge University Press, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108914741.009
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 18 Apr 2024
Petra Mahy, Richard Mitchell, John Howe, Ingrid Landau, Ingrid Landau and Carolyn Sutherland
Monash University - Department of Business Law & Taxation, Monash University - Department of Business Law & Taxation, University of Melbourne Law School, Monash UniversityMonash University and Monash University - Department of Business Law & Taxation
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comparative law, comparative socio-legal studies, socio-legal comparative law

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Government Purchasing and the Implementation of Modern Slavery Legislation

(2022) 44(3) Sydney Law Review 347
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Jul 2023
Ingrid Landau, Ingrid Landau and John Howe
Monash UniversityMonash University and University of Melbourne Law School
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Public procurement, modern slavery, regulation

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Reaching Across the Ditch? Similarities and Differences in the Trajectory of Australian and New Zealand Regulation of Collective Labour Relations 1988–2018

(2019) 50:2 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 215-231
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 04 Nov 2020
Anthony Forsyth and John Howe
RMIT University Graduate School of Business & Law and University of Melbourne Law School
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Australia, New Zealand, Collective Labour Relations, Collective Bargaining, Union Recognition, Good Faith, Industrial Action