Work and Employment Relations

This excellent short book preforms two valuable functions. In the first place, it provides a fitting tribute to the academic career of Russell Lansbury. … The other contribution of the book consists of its remaining 15 essays, reviewing cotemporary developments in Australian industrial relations… This book attests to the vibrancy and good health of Australian Industrial Relations scholarship. - Journal of Industrial Relations, January 2013

Marian Baird is Director of the Women and Work Research Group and Professor of Employment Relations in the University of Sydney Business School. She is the first female professor to hold this position and is an expert on women and their work and family lives. Marian has advised government, business and unions on maternity leave policies and is also co-editor of The Journal of Industrial Relations.

Keith Hancock is a Professorial Fellow in the National Institute of Labour Studies at Flinders University and an Honorary Visiting Fellow in the School of Economics at the University of Adelaide. He was the foundation Professor of Economics at Flinders University and subsequently became is Vice-Chancellor of the University. He is now an Emeritus Professor. He served for ten years as a Deputy President and Senior Deputy President of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission and the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.

Joe Isaac is a Professorial Fellow in the Department of Management at the University of Melbourne and a well known authority on labour economics and industrial relations. He has held chairs in Economics at both the University of Melbourne and Monash University, and was Deputy President of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission.