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Conference convenors and a member of the tech support team.

July 8, 2020

COVID‑19 forced us to move a conference from a Greek island to the web — and quickly. Here’s what we learnt

Charlene Zietsma, Penn State; Andreas Pekarek, The University of Melbourne; Elke Schuessler, Johannes Kepler University Linz; Markus Helfen, Freie Universität Berlin, and Rick Delbridge, Cardiff University

Researchers were organising an academic conference in Greece. Then COVID-19 hit.

The ACTU has launched a campaign to create a living wage. AAP

November 10, 2017

Explainer: what exactly is a living wage?

Josh Healy, The University of Melbourne and Andreas Pekarek, The University of Melbourne

The ACTU has proposed Australia adopt a “living wage”. This might improve the incomes of some people, but it wouldn’t solve “working poverty”.

The crunch for platforms will come when labour market conditions improve and workers have more alternatives. Neil Hall/Reuters

July 3, 2017

Gig economy businesses like Uber and Airtasker need to evolve to survive

Josh Healy, The University of Melbourne; Andreas Pekarek, The University of Melbourne, and Daniel Nicholson, The University of Melbourne

Today’s manifestations of the gig economy are tilted in favour of too few beneficiaries, and are not built to last.

Struggling to get new members, unions are looking at new recruitment methods and options to bolster their numbers. AAP/Tracey Nearmy

March 28, 2016

How unions are changing in a bid for relevance – and survival

Andreas Pekarek, The University of Melbourne and Peter Gahan, The University of Melbourne

With union membership at just 15% of the workforce and declining, trade unions are looking at new ways to build their membership bases.

The other H word. duncan c/Flickr

October 29, 2015

HR – who even needs it?

Jesse E. Olsen, The University of Melbourne and Andreas Pekarek, The University of Melbourne

Before you go hating HR, ask yourself: what are the alternatives?

The ‘brittle’ side of industrial relations: CFMEU members in dispute with their employer, Energy Australia. Julian Smith/AAPImage

February 26, 2014

Enterprise bargaining no great problem, but no panacea either

Peter Gahan, The University of Melbourne and Andreas Pekarek, The University of Melbourne

Over the course of the last few months, industrial relations has once again become a major issue on the national political agenda. Allegations of union corruption, uncompetitive wage deals, inflexible…

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