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Prof

Sean Cooney

Professor
Law
Employment Law
Labour Law
International Labour Law
Comparative Law
Enforcement
Asian Law
Employment Contracts
Dispute Resolution
Regulation
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Prof

Sean Cooney

 
Division
Law
 
Primary Interest
Employment and Labour Law
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Projects

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ILO World Economic and Social Outlook 2020: Chapter 4

2020 - 2020
Completed
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Regulatory Framework and Practices for Industrial Relations in 6 Countries

2019 - 2019
Completed
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REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND PRACTICES FOR INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN 5 COUNTRIES

2019 - 2019
Completed
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Improving labour law and labour administration for a new industrial relations framework in respect of the ILO Declaration on FPRW at work.

2018 - 2018
Completed
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New Initiatives in Enforcing Employment Standards: Assessing the Effectiveness of Federal Government Compliance Strategies

The well-being of more than eight million Australian employees is underpinned by statutory workplace entitlements. For the large majority of..

2009 - 2016
Completed
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New Initiatives in Enforcing Employment Standards: Assessing the Effectiveness of Federal Government Compliance Strategies

The well-being of more than eight million Australian employees is underpinned by statutory workplace entitlements. For the large majority of..

2009 - 2016
Completed
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How are low protection workers regulated?

2013 - 2014
Completed
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Enforcement of Chinese Employment Law: Regulatory Innovation and Wage Arrears

Australia's security and economic well-being is closely bound up with China. It is in Australia's interests that China develops a sound lega..

2007 - 2011
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

4

Research Contracts

3

Research Grant

1

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

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World Employment and Social Outlook: The Role of Digital Labour Platforms in Transforming the World of Work

Uma Rani, Rishabh Kumar Dhir, Marianne Furrer, Nóra Gőbel, Angeliki Moraiti, Sean Cooney

Report  |  2021

Technological innovation is transforming every part of our lives. The ability to quickly and cheaply exchange large amounts of dat..

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Ensuring Decent Work on Digital Labour Platforms

Sean Cooney

Book Chapter  |  2021

Digital labour platforms provide new opportunities for economic growth and job creation, and have the potential to contribute to t..

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Measuring Worker Protection Using Leximetrics: Illustrating a New Approach in Four Asia-Pacific Countries

Petra Mahy, Richard Mitchell, Carolyn Sutherland, Peter Gahan, Anthony O’Donnell, Sean Cooney, Gordon Anderson, Lingfeng Mao, Andrew Stewart

Journal article  |  2019  |  The American Journal of Comparative Law

This Article introduces the Worker Protection Index (WPI), a new measure for quantitative cross-national comparison of the strengt..

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Resolving individual labour disputes: A general introduction

M Ebisui, S Cooney, C Fenwick

Book Chapter  |  2016

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Resolving individual labour disputes: A comparative overview

M Ebisui, S Cooney, C Fenwick

Book  |  2016

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Building BRICS of success?

S Cooney, DD Toit, R Fragale, R Ronnie, K Sankaran

Book Chapter  |  2015

JOBNAME: Finkin PAGE: 1 SESS: 4 OUTPUT: Thu Jun 25 15:23:46 2015 14. Building BRICS of success? Sean Cooney, Darcy du Toit, Robert..

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China's challenge to labour law in both the Global North and the Global South

Sean Cooney

Book Chapter  |  2015

China has a paradoxical place in contemporary labour law. At times it has been the bête noire of labour scholars, combining the wo..

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Trade Unions and the Enforcement of Minimum Employment Standards in Australia: Research Report

I Landau, S Cooney, T Hardy, J HOWE

Report  |  2014

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The Transformation of Enforcement of Minimum Employment Standards in Australia: A Review of the Fair Work Ombudsman's Activities from 2006-2012

J HOWE, T Hardy, S Cooney

Report  |  2014

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Law and fair work in China

S Cooney, S Biddulph, Y Zhu

Book  |  2013

China's economic reforms have brought the country both major international clout and widespread domestic prosperity. At the same t..

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Justice and the Law
Commercial Law
Human Resources and Industrial Relations
International and Comparative Law
Legal Systems
Management and Productivity
Microeconomics

News

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Working hard to make work fairer

John Howe, Tess Hardy, Sean Cooney

Imagine receiving a pay check that’s less than half the minimum wage, or doing a full year of unpaid work. Maybe you’re too scared to compla..

May 24, 2019
pursuit Article

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2008

Alice Tay Memorial Award in the Field of Human Rights

Australia-China Council

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Credentials

Positions

Professor

Law

Barrister & Solicitor

High Court of Australia

Barrister & Solicitor

Supreme Court of Victoria

Member

Australian Labour Law Association

Education

Doctor of the Science of Law

Columbia University

Master of Laws

Columbia University

Master of Laws

University of Melbourne

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Languages

French
Mandarin

International Linkages

National Taiwan University

Taiwan