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Stephen Clibborn @StephenClibborn

Associate Professor, University of Sydney. Researching employment relations & regulation, (non)compliance, labour migration.

Joined March 2015
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Stephen Clibborn@StephenClibborn
6 Sep 2023
Minimum wage used to be sacrosanct - if an employer couldn’t pay, it shouldn’t be in business Now business lobby argues against more enforcement of min. wages, lest employers go out of business We explain the change in who the min. wage protects – from worker to business owner
Frances Flanagan@FNFlanagan
6 Sep 2023
NEW ARTICLE: ‘Non-enforcement of Minimum Wage laws and the Shifting Protective Subject of Labour Law in Australia: A New Province for Law and Order?’ I’m very pleased to publish this with @StephenClibborn in @SydneyLawReview Advance access: sydney.edu.au/content/dam/co…
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Prof Rae Cooper@Raecooper1
7 Jun 2024
Big day launching our new @ANROWS report on sexual harassment in retail workplaces. Big 🙏 to the retail specialist managers, workers & team leaders who participated in the research & to @retailaustralia @SDAunion for your collaboration. Nice @theprojecttv story here👇🏽
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@theprojecttv
7 Jun 2024
New research has revealed that Australian retail workers are the victims of a culture of sexual harassment while on the job. Professor @RaeCooper1 helped write the report and joins us.
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I first heard the term ‘wage theft’ when I worked in the United States in the early 2000s. Framing of unlawful underpayment as ‘wage theft’ really took off in Australia after 2015. Excellent article @jcgmurphy @katielovelock @emilyrosefoley
Jim Murphy@jcgmurphy
4 Jun 2024
Replying to @jcgmurphy
We looked especially at the framing of the issue. We were surprised to find the term "wage theft" really was not used at all before @StephenClibborn used it to describe the 7Eleven scandal in 2015...
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Jim Murphy@jcgmurphy
4 Jun 2024
Have spent a few years researching wage theft advocacy with @emilyrosefoley & @katielovelock. Our article about it in @AusJPolSci is out now and open access: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Agenda setting, framing and wage theft in Australia

Over the past decade the problem of wage theft has burst onto the Australian policymaking scene, seemingly out of nowhere. Its meteoric rise, from a largely unrecognised issue to the broad public a...

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Some insights from my recent empirical research into the employer perspective on wage law non-compliance (as well as my previous research with ⁦@ChrisFWright⁩ ) in this ABC RN report, The Cost of Wage Theft abc.net.au/listen/programs/t…

The Cost of Wage Theft - ABC listen

Wage theft costs Australia’s workforce at least a billion dollars a year. Some industries, like retail, hospitality and horticulture are renowned for it. But the practice is widespread across many...

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NEW ARTICLE I’m pleased to share @ChrisFWright ‘s and my new article, examining flawed employer-tied TSS visa and proposing internationally-unique mobility visa as alternative, to better protect workers and address labour market needs more effectively doi.org/10.1017/elr.2023.56
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Matt Withers@MattWithers_
14 Dec 2023
The PLMS is flawed. If Australia is serious about treating the Pacific with dignity, this must extend to the ways in which we gather/share/value knowledge. If @dfat wants credible research, it should fund a plurality of studies centre Pacific and Timorese voices. @PatConroy1
The Lowy Institute@LowyInstitute
14 Dec 2023
Gains, pains, and dubious claims from the Pacific Labour Mobility Survey | Matt Withers ift.tt/rj9q7De
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The New Daily@TheNewDailyAu
12 Dec 2023
How experts say the Albanese government’s new ‘Skills in Demand visa’ will help address major flaws in Australia’s migration system. thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2…

Albanese's new skilled visa will help fix migration problems

These are important reforms that strike the right balance between efficiency and equity. They will help restore public confidence.

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Lots of talk from the Australian government today about closing immigration back doors and side doors Here’s some detail from ⁦@ChrisFWright⁩ and me on problems with those doors (from 2018): researchgate.net/publication…
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Pleased the new ‘Skills in Demand visa’ (encouraging, evidence-based migration policy, addressing major flaws in TSS visa that contribute to exploitation) draws on ⁦@ChrisFWright⁩ and my ‘mobility visa’ submission to the Parkinson Review See also: researchgate.net/publication…
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We’ll that’s a pleasant surprise and an honour. Thanks @TheELRR - ping co-author @ChrisFWright
The Economic and Labour Relations Review@TheELRR
4 Dec 2023
Our December article of the month is the inaugural winner of the Nevile-Plowman Prize for Best Paper, Chris Wright and Stephen Clibborn’s ‘A guest-worker state? The declining power and agency of migrant labour in Australia’. Free to access til 2024. cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Great to see our article (with @FNFlanagan) in hard copy in @SydneyLawReview - also: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.… ‘Non-Enforcement of Minimum Wage Laws and the Shifting Protective Subject of Labour Law in Australia: A New Province for Law and Order?’ Photo (if you know, you know):
Stephen Clibborn@StephenClibborn
6 Sep 2023
Minimum wage used to be sacrosanct - if an employer couldn’t pay, it shouldn’t be in business Now business lobby argues against more enforcement of min. wages, lest employers go out of business We explain the change in who the min. wage protects – from worker to business owner
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Frances Flanagan@FNFlanagan
28 Sep 2023
New article: Just Cessation: How Might the Climate Imperative to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Extraction Reshape the Concept of Just Transition? shorturl.at/gtxBD Thanks to the eds of the Int'l J of Comparative Labour Law and Ind Relations SI on the #Labour #Environment nexus
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Frances Flanagan@FNFlanagan
6 Sep 2023
NEW ARTICLE: ‘Non-enforcement of Minimum Wage laws and the Shifting Protective Subject of Labour Law in Australia: A New Province for Law and Order?’ I’m very pleased to publish this with @StephenClibborn in @SydneyLawReview Advance access: sydney.edu.au/content/dam/co…
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We’re looking forward to hosting Minister for Employment & Workplace Relations @Tony_Burke at @sydney_business when he delivers the 30th Kingsley Laffer Memorial Lecture on 24 August. All welcome - register here: sydney.edu.au/business/our-r…

Kingsley Laffer Memorial Lecture

Learn more about the Kingsley Laffer Memorial Lecture which is held annually by the Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies.

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Some thoughts from me on the question, “Is it really worth joining my union?” smh.com.au/business/workplac…

Is it really worth joining the union?

If you want to contribute to a stronger employee bargaining position and show solidarity with colleagues, it may be a good idea to join the union.

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‘Collective power of workers can help on wage theft’ in today’s paper @smh and @theage
Stephen Clibborn@StephenClibborn
8 Jun 2023
As govt makes policies to address wage theft, it should aim to increase employer compliance (sounds obvious, but recent policies haven’t) Including unions in co-enforcement of wage laws will help. My new opinion piece @smh⁩ ⁦@sydney_business⁩ smh.com.au/business/workplac…
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