The year 2023 will mark a significant milestone, with the 50^th anniversary of what have become the personal grievance provisions in Aotearoa New Zealand. This mirrors similar anniversaries in other parts of the world. To mark this, NZJER will have a Special Issue on this topic and invites authors to submit abstracts.

The Issue will cover the changes that have occurred over that time, as well as exploring the current situation. The scope of potential topics is wide. Giving examples can be problematic as they are never an exhaustive list, but some starters could include

·       an HR perspective on how PG rights have impacted on day-today People-and-Employment (HR) practice

·       the changing roles of advocates and unions

·       access to justice and the difficulties/costs of moving beyond mediation as well as the adequacy of remedies

·       the consequences of publicly reporting employment cases and proposed need for name suppression, in a digital age

·       the interface between tikanga and current employment law

Abstracts should be 600 words in length and submitted through the NZJER portal.

The Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) is pleased to announce a return to in-person conferences. The AIRAANZ 2023 Conference will be hosted by the College of Business, Law and Governance, James Cook University at Magnetic Island, North Queensland, Australia from Wednesday 8 to Friday 10 February 2023.

The conference this year will be in-person. 

The AIRAANZ 2023 Conference will be hosted by the College of Business, Law and Governance, James Cook University at Peppers on Blue Resort, Magnetic Island, North Queensland, Australia.

For more details: https://www.airaanz.org/conference/airaanz-conference-2023

Submissions for a special issue of the NZJER to be published in 2022 are welcomed from authors who are researching in the area of global labour mobility.   Areas that are of particular interest are the working experiences of migrant labour, changing labour force demographics and the changing nature of work. We also encourage authors to have a strong New Zealand focus in their research.