Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE170100099
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$450,000.00
Summary
Comprehensive free access to Australian industrial and workplace law. This project aims to develop an ‘Australian Industrial and Workplace Relations Law Library’ on AustLII. The project will make relevant current law searchable in one location; digitise decisions contained in the major industrial law report series published since Federation; scan other key resources; add dynamic virtual databases; develop data mining tools to better recognise citation information in printed industrial law materi ....Comprehensive free access to Australian industrial and workplace law. This project aims to develop an ‘Australian Industrial and Workplace Relations Law Library’ on AustLII. The project will make relevant current law searchable in one location; digitise decisions contained in the major industrial law report series published since Federation; scan other key resources; add dynamic virtual databases; develop data mining tools to better recognise citation information in printed industrial law materials; and develop citation analysis, visualisation and other analytical tools for industrial and workplace law research. The project hopes to improve research in the field of Australian industrial and workforce relations system and the history and development of work in Australia, and inform policy and debate.Read moreRead less
The Nature of Regulatory Compliance: An Analysis of the Responses of Business Organisations to Constitutive Regulation of Working Relationships. This project examines an under-researched area of vital importance to the effective implementation of workplace regulation. It investigates the way in which business organisations respond to four areas of labour regulation (covering occupational health and safety, unfair dismissal, equal opportunity and harassment). To what extent do these areas of regu ....The Nature of Regulatory Compliance: An Analysis of the Responses of Business Organisations to Constitutive Regulation of Working Relationships. This project examines an under-researched area of vital importance to the effective implementation of workplace regulation. It investigates the way in which business organisations respond to four areas of labour regulation (covering occupational health and safety, unfair dismissal, equal opportunity and harassment). To what extent do these areas of regulation have the capacity to bring about changes in the culture, policies and operating procedures of organisations? What obstacles that impede organisations? attempts to comply with the regulatory requirements? The project will result in the usual academic publications, and workshops for the government agencies administering the legislation involved in the study.Read moreRead less