Rate My Professor Tess Hardy

Hardy's research specializations encompass employment law, labour law, bargaining, compliance, and enforcement. She is Editor of the Australian Journal of Labour Law and sits on the National Committee of the Australian Labour Law Association and the Steering Committee of the Labour Law Research Network. Her key publications include 'Partners in Enforcement? The New Balance Between Government and Trade Union Enforcement of Employment Standards in Australia' (Australian Journal of Labour Law, 2009), 'Mandate, Discretion, and Professionalisation in an Employment Standards Enforcement Agency: An Antipodean Experience' (Law & Policy, 2012), 'Chain Reaction: A Strategic Approach to Addressing Employment Noncompliance in Complex Supply Chains' (Journal of Industrial Relations, 2015), 'Big Brands, Responsibilities? An Examination of Franchisor Accountability for Employment Contraventions in the United States, Canada, and Australia' (Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 2019), and 'Digging into Deterrence: An Examination of Deterrence-Based Theories and Evidence in Employment Standards Enforcement' (International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, 2021). Her scholarship addresses critical issues such as wage theft criminalisation, collective bargaining in fissured workplaces, and regulatory accountability in global supply chains.