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    Emerging Business Models and the Evolving Regulatory Response: Perspectives from Australia and Beyond
    Hardy, T ; Johnstone, R ; Howe, J (LexisNexis Australia, 2019)
    This Special Issue contains a selection of articles presented at a workshop, ‘Emerging Business Models and the Evolving Regulatory Response: Perspectives from Australia and Beyond’. This workshop brought together a group of scholars, policymakers and graduate students actively working on, or otherwise interested in, the broad themes of labour and employment regulation and enforcement. The workshop was held in July 2018, with the generous support of the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law at the University of Melbourne.
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    Creating Ripples, Making Waves? Assessing the General Deterrence Effects of Enforcement Activities of the Fair Work Ombudsman
    Hardy, T ; Howe, J (Sydney Law School, 2017)
    This article draws on an empirical study of business responses to the regulation and enforcement of minimum employment standards in two discrete industry sectors in Australia: hairdressing and restaurants. The study aimed to critically assess the concept of general deterrence and explore key questions arising from calculative theories of compliance. In particular, this article considers the extent to which employer businesses were aware of the enforcement activities of the Fair Work Ombudsman (‘FWO’); the depth of this knowledge; and whether this knowledge affected business perceptions of enforcement risks and the subsequent compliance response. The article concludes that while firms may not recall the details of enforcement activities with any precision or accuracy, their general awareness of the FWO’s efforts in this respect has important ripple effects on risk perception and compliance behaviour.