Ms Carolyn Sutherland - Researcher Profile

Carolyn Sutherland

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Department of Business Law and Taxation
Monash University, Caulfield

Contact Details

Tel: +61 3 990 32380

Email: Carolyn.Sutherland@monash.edu


Biography

Carolyn Sutherland is a senior lecturer in the Department of Business Law and Taxation.

Prior to joining Monash University in 2004, Carolyn gained extensive experience in private practice, specialising in the areas of employment law and equal opportunity law over a period of 10 years.

Carolyn’s research focuses on the influence of the law on workplace agreements. As part of this work, she has produced two commissioned research reports for the Victorian Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development: Agreement-making under Work Choices: The Impact of the Legal Framework on Bargaining Practices and Outcomes (September 2007) and Best Practice in Workplace Agreements (July 2008). In 2008, Carolyn was awarded a Faculty Research Excellence Grant in recognition of high quality publications.

Carolyn lectures in the postgraduate units Law of Employment and Human Resource Management Law. She is the deputy director of the Workplace and Corporate Law Research Group and is also the department's coordinator of sessional staff.

Her research and supervision interests include enterprise bargaining, legal complexity, the impact of legislation on workplace relations outcomes and equal employment opportunity.

Keywords

Enterprise bargaining, legal complexity, labour law, equal opportunity, empirical legal research

Qualifications

LAWS
Institution: University of Melbourne
Year awarded: 2006
ARTS/LAW
Institution: University of Melbourne
Year awarded: 1995

Publications

Book Chapters

Sutherland, C.E., 2009, Making the 'BOOT' fit: Reforms to agreement-making from Work Choices to Fair Work, in Fair Work: The New Workplace Laws and the Work Choices Legacy, eds Anthony Forsyth and Andrew Stewart, Federation Press, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 99-119.

Sutherland, C.E., 2006, Regulating dismissals: the impact of unfair dismissal legislation on the common law contract of employment, in Labour Law and Labour Market Regulation: Essays on the Construction, Constitution and Regulation of Labour Markets and Work Relationships, eds Christopher Arup, Peter Gahan, John Howe, Richard Johnstone, Richard Mitchell and Anthony O'Donnell, Federation Press, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 242-260.

Journal Articles

Johnson, P.F., Johnson, C., Sutherland, C.E., 2012, Stay or go? Human behavior and decision making in bushfires and other emergencies, Fire Technology [P], vol 48, issue 1, Springer New York LLC, Secaucus USA, pp. 137-153. View Publication

Mitchell, R., Taft, D., Forsyth, A., Gahan, P., Sutherland, C., 2010, Assessing the impact of employment legislation: The Coalition Government's labour law program 1996-2007, Australian Journal of Labour Law [P], vol 23, issue 4, LexisNexis Butterworths, Chatswood NSW Australia, pp. 274-301.

Sutherland, C.E., Riley, J., 2010, Industrial legislation in 2009, Journal of Industrial Relations [P], vol 52, issue 3, Sage Publications Ltd, UK, pp. 275-287. View Publication

Sutherland, C.E., 2009, Industrial legislation in 2008, Journal of Industrial Relations [P], vol 51, issue 3, Sage Publications Ltd, UK, pp. 297-311. View Publication

Arup, C., Sutherland, C.E., 2009, The recovery of wages: Legal services and access to justice, Monash University Law Review [P], vol 35, issue 1, Monash University, Faculty of Law, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 96-117.

Sutherland, C.E., 2008, First steps forward (with fairness): A preliminary examination of the transition legislation, Australian Journal of Labour Law, vol 21, issue 2, LexisNexis Butterworths, Chatswood NSW Australia, pp. 137-163.

Sutherland, C.E., Riley, J., 2008, Industrial legislation in 2007, Journal of Industrial Relations, vol 50, issue 3, Sage Publications Inc, UK, pp. 417-428. View Publication

Sutherland, C.E., 2007, All stitched up? The 2007 amendments to the safety net, Australian Journal of Labour Law, vol 20, issue 3, LexisNexis Butterworths, Australia, pp. 245-271.

Sutherland, C.E., 2007, Applying Victoria v Schou: The approach of VCAT and the Federal Magistrates Court, Australian Bar Review, vol 29, issue 1, LexisNexis Butterworths, Australia, pp. 45-74.

Forsyth, A., Sutherland, C.E., 2006, Collective labour relations under siege: the work choices legislation and collective bargaining, Australian Journal of Labour Law, vol 19, issue 2, LexisNexis Butterworths, Chatswood NSW Australia, pp. 183-197.

Forsyth, A., Sutherland, C.E., 2006, From 'uncharted seas' to 'stormy waters': how will trade unions fare under the work choices legislation?, The Economic and Labour Relations Review, vol 16, issue 2, Centre for Applied Economic Research, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 215-236.

Sutherland, C.E., Ruskin, N., 2006, When business changes hands: the issue of severance dough, Law Institute Journal, vol 80, issue 4, Law Institute of Victoria, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 54-57.

Sutherland, C.E., 2005, Avoiding liability for sexual harassment: enforcement of workplace policies, Law Institute Journal, vol 79, issue 4, Law Institute of Victoria, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 46-49.

Sutherland, C.E., 2005, By invitation only: the role of the AIRC in private arbitration, Australian Journal of Labour Law, vol 18, issue 1, LexisNexis Butterworths, Chatswood NSW Australia, pp. 53-70.