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Regulating precarious work: A paradigm shift

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2025

Michael G Quinlan  and
Michael J Rawling Open the ORCID record for Michael J Rawling [Opens in a new window]
Michael G Quinlan
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UNSW, Sydney, Australia
Michael J Rawling*
Affiliation:
University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Corresponding author: Michael J Rawling; Email: michael.rawling@uts.edu.au
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Abstract

Precarious work, the problems it poses in terms of labour standards/regulation, and remedies to this, have sparked considerable attention from researchers and policy-makers over the past three decades. This paper examines industrial relations (IR) legislation introduced by the Australian Labor government elected in 2022, and which, amongst other things, has addressed precarious work. These initiatives are placed in historical context, noting how essentially similar problems shaped IR regulation a century earlier. The article also examines the more immediate precursors to the legislation, by reviewing state and federal inquiries into precarious work and related issues in Australia from the 1990s onwards. Placing the new legislation into historical context enhances our understanding of the law and surrounding policy debates. The Albanese federal Labor government package of industrial relations laws introduced between 2022 and 2024 marked a paradigm shift from earlier measures. While these reforms are rooted in Australian institutions, law and industrial relations history, they provide an alternative policy template for addressing the problems wrought by neoliberalism on labour standards, especially if accompanied by synergistic reforms in other areas, such as immigration and economic policies promoting manufacturing.

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decent worklabour relationslabour standardsnon-standard employmentoccupational safetyprecarious worksupply chainvulnerable workers
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The Economic and Labour Relations Review , First View , pp. 1 - 29
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The University of New South Wales

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