Minimum wage used to be sacrosanct - if an employer couldn’t pay, it shouldn’t be in business Now business lobby argues against more enforcement of min. wages, lest employers go out of business We explain the change in who the min. wage protects – from worker to business owner

i take it all back: there is, in fact, exactly one version of the trolley problem i care about

‘an act of phenomenal violence’ - this piece by Timothy Erik Ström on marine seismic blasting is excellent newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

Very proud of this new special issue of the International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations on the #Labour #Environment nexus - huge thanks to the editors and all colleagues involved in this project for their inspiring ideas! ✊🌎bit.ly/3LGnp7d

In response to the federal court decision to block the seismic exploration license foWoodside’s Scarborough project the West Australian says “it’s a simple fact that gas has an important role to play” green transition. Unfortunately, this is not a fact. thewest.com.au/opinion/sarah-…

An extraordinary and alarming editorial in ⁦The West Australian⁩ rejecting what we know about the science of limiting warming to 1.5°C and describing those that are calling for a phase-out of fossil gas as “misinformed” and “eco-extremists”. thewest.com.au/opinion/editor…

🌱 #Environmental problems have never been foregrounded by ⚖️ #labour lawyers to the extent they have in the last few years Is there a potential for convergence in the protection of both dimensions? Register here for our upcoming webinar ➡️ etui.org/ZMU

My new article in the @SMH on why the why Parliament must pass the Closing Loopholes Bill — because it will improve protections for insecure workers, strengthen productive businesses and the wider economy, and benefit Australia👇🧵 smh.com.au/business/workp… 1/

We've had almost 20 years of strategic litigation to try and squeeze climate change considerations into our national environmental laws Once again, there is another disappointing court outcome. Our national environmental laws are beyond broken and urgently need to be changed

“A few months ago Inside Story asked me to review ‘The West: A New History of An Old Idea,’ the latest book by historian Naoíse Mac Sweeney,” writes @kfullagar. “Shortly afterwards, my professional life imploded.” inside.org.au/western-civili…

Join us next Thursday for ETUI - European Trade Union Institute webinar discussing the #Labour #Environment nexus with Guy Mundlak Valeria Pulignano Ben Lennon Anil Verma and Anne Davies, and contributors to recent IJCLLIR special issue! 👉etui.org/ZMU in EN, FR, ES Issue👉bit.ly/3LGnp7d

Great to see our article (with Frances Flanagan) in hard copy in SydneyLawReview - also: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… ‘Non-Enforcement of Minimum Wage Laws and the Shifting Protective Subject of Labour Law in Australia: A New Province for Law and Order?’ Photo (if you know, you know):

What are the implications of the UN Sec-General's point for just transition? Read my article: Just Cessation: How Might the Climate Imperative to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Extraction Reshape the Concept of Just Transition? Available in full here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

"Public-private fissuring dynamic" in aged care is a big problem for decent wages for aged care workers, Dr Frances Flanagan Frances Flanagan Centre for Future Work; Lisa Heap; Jim Stanford

Hey, this thing, you crazy progressive legal scholars! Contact Dylan Lino to get involved

Good analysis of Prime Minister Albanese's significant announcement yesterday that early childhood educators would be receiving a significant pay rise by John Buchanan and Frances Flanagan (Frances Flanagan). theconversation.com/giving-early-c… #auspol #earlyedoz #albanese

Next up: 'Workplace Justice Visas: Exploring new reforms to protect migrant workers in Australia' with Dr Laurie Berg Migrant Justice Institute, Clare Middlemas Australian Unions, and Frances Flanagan UTS Faculty of Law UTS 5pm, Wed 2 October 2024 AEST via Zoom Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Want to know more about Workplace Justice Visas? Join us online this afternoon as Dr Laurie Berg Migrant Justice Institute, Clare Middlemas Australian Unions, and Frances Flanagan UTS Faculty of Law UTS explore the reforms. 5pm, Wed 2 October 2024 AEST via Zoom. Register at: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

"The Last Human Job is fascinating, urgent and beautifully written...not a simple morality tale... Rich, expansive and deftly conceived..." Wow! Honored and profoundly moved by this review by Frances Flanagan. What a wonderful way to start this day inside.org.au/a-kind-of-soci…