Melbourne Law School Centre for Employment
and Labour Relations Law

Colin is a graduate of both Melbourne University and the University of Virginia, with fifteen years' experience in the field of labour relations law. He has been the Director of the Centre since August 2004. Colin has worked in both legal practice and in the academy, in Australia, the United States and Switzerland. Among other things, he has worked for the International Labour Organization, both as an official in its Geneva headquarters and as an external consultant. He has also worked as a consultant for clients including the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, the International Labor Rights Fund and the United States Department of Labor. Colin’s research interests are in international and comparative labour law, with a particular focus on Southern Africa. After a year as senior associate editor of the Australian Journal of Labour Law; Colin became one of the editors in 2006.

Anna is a graduate of the University of Melbourne in both Commerce and Law. She completed her LLM in 1995. The topic of her thesis was Australian anti-discrimination law on the grounds of sexual preference. Anna's research focuses on law, gender, race and sexual preference in the paid labour market. Anna's current projects include an examination of the constitution of the worker and family responsibilities in Australian labour law. Anna has published in a range of Australian and international law journals and is an editorial committee member of the Australian Journal of Labour Law. She is a former senior associate editor of the Journal.

Sean graduated in Arts and Law from the University of Melbourne and has also studied law at Columbia University in New York and the National Taiwan University. Sean completed his doctoral studies (J.S.D.) at Columbia University, New York, in October 2005.  The title of his thesis is 'Improving Regulatory Strategies for Dealing with Endemic Labour Abuses'. His research interests are in international and comparative labour law, with a particular focus on East Asia. He has published in a range of international journals in English and in Chinese, and is at present examining alternatives to the current system of international labour standards.

Beth Gaze studied law at Monash University and the University of California at Berkeley. She also has a B Sc. from the University of Melbourne. Beth's major interests are in anti-discrimination and equality law, feminist legal thought, and administrative law including tribunals. She has undertaken research into Australian anti-discrimination law including current funded research projects on the enforcement process under Australian federal anti-discrimination law, and the need for substantive updating of Australian anti-discrimination laws. Her particular area of interest in discrimination law is equality for women at work, with a focus on work/family conflict, and she has published articles on the legal status of part time work. She is also a member of Faculty and University Equity and EEO committees, and a legal member of the Victorian Mental Health Review Board.

Dr John Howe received a PhD in law from the University of Melbourne in 2004 for his thesis 'Government Promotion of Job Creation in Australia: Regulatory Objectives, Instruments and Law'.  He also holds undergraduate degrees in Law and Arts from Monash University and an LLM (Summa Cum Laude) from Temple University in Philadelphia, USA.  His research interests include regulatory theory, labour law and corporate accountability.  John is also a member of the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation.  Prior to commencing an academic career, John worked in private legal practice, and also as a researcher for public policy and advocacy organisations in Washington, DC.  He is Secretary of the Australian Labour Law Association, and Reports Editor for the Australian Journal of Labour Law.

Glenn has an LLB (Hons) and a BA from Monash University, and an LLM from Queens University, Canada. His principal fields of interest are democratic theory and practice, workplace democracy and labour relations, constitutional and administrative law, and human rights law. Glenn has published in a range of Australian and international journals

Joo-Cheong obtained an LLB(Hons) and an LLM from the University of Melbourne.  Prior to being appointed as a Lecturer in Law at the University of Melbourne, he taught at the law schools of Victoria University and LaTrobe University. He has published in a range of Australian and international journals, and writes regularly for newspapers and online media.  His labour law research centres on the legal regulation of casual employment, which is the subject of his doctoral thesis.  He also specialises in campaign finance laws and will be publishing a major report into the funding of Australian political parties in 2006.  His other area of expertise is Australian anti-terrorism laws. 

Tel:     (03) 8344 1001

Anna has completed both a Bachelor of Psychology and a Masters of International Relations. She has been working at the at the Melbourne Law School since September 2007 in the Information, Systems & Services Division. In September 2008 Anna joined the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law as our new Centre Administrator.