The Economic and Labour Relations Review

18/09/2025

📢 Call for Submissions –
The Economic & Labour Relations Review (ELRR) invites submissions for upcoming issues from scholars working at the intersection of economics, labour relations, and public policy.

We publish original, peer-reviewed research that critically engages with contemporary economic and social challenges. ELRR encourages multidisciplinary contributions that assess and question dominant economic orthodoxies, explore heterodox approaches—particularly post-Keynesian perspectives—and advance debates around justice, rights, equality, and power in the world of work.

All submissions are subject to double-blind peer review. We welcome both theoretical and empirical contributions, including comparative studies and critical reflections that push the boundaries of established discourse.

🔍 Journal Scope: Economics | Labour Relations | Social & Economic Policy | Employment Studies | Industrial Relations | Public Policy
📅 Submission Deadlines: Rolling (Accepted year-round)

🔗 Submit your manuscript and review author guidelines via our website

15/09/2025

📘 “Teaching is a calling—but at what cost?”

A new study of public school teachers in Massachusetts reveals how chronic overwork and a heavy mental load are taking a serious toll—on health, family life, and long-term commitment to the profession.

Even in unionised settings, many educators view burnout as a personal problem to manage alone. But what if shorter working hours (with full pay and no loss of instructional time) were on the table?

This article explores the institutional and cultural barriers to rethinking time in teaching—and what it would take to make change possible.

Read more - https://lnkd.in/guZA3j7W

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09/09/2025

How can India address the intersecting challenges of climate change and gender inequality in the labour market?

This article proposes a gendered and green job guarantee programme that targets employment in education, health, public transport, and climate resilience. With India’s female labour force participation already low, the increasing frequency of climate-related shocks may further restrict women’s access to decent work.

The proposed policy could generate 36 million guaranteed jobs—including over 11 million for women—and serve as a strategic intervention to advance both gender equity and climate action.

Read more on how public investment in universal basic services and climate mitigation can deliver transformative outcomes for women and the environment - https://lnkd.in/gVYWqDZA

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09/09/2025

In our most recent volume we examine the intersection of labour mobility, occupational health, and Indigenous rights within New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme.

Drawing on surveys with 100 iTaukei workers in Otago, it highlights significant gaps in awareness around access to protective equipment and safety rights. Using the culturally grounded 3D veivosaki method, the study explores how regulatory frameworks—particularly the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996—impact both worker wellbeing and environmental safeguards.

Read the full article - https://lnkd.in/giAtPB-W

04/09/2025

📖 In honour of Indigenous Literacy Day 2025, we are proud to share a new initiative from The Economic and Labour Relations Review.

We have launched a dedicated page that brings together a collection of articles exploring the vital intersections between Indigeneity, labour relations, and work.

These articles highlight important research and reflections on how Indigenous voices, histories, and perspectives shape our understanding of work, employment, and labour markets – and how these contributions are too often overlooked.

By curating this collection, our aim is to provide a resource that not only supports further scholarship but also deepens engagement with the ongoing conversations about equity, justice, and recognition in the world of work.

We invite you to explore the collection here:

👉 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-economic-and-labour-relations-review/collections/indigeneity-labour-relations-and-work

02/01/2025

Thank you for sharing, Kerry

02/11/2024

02/11/2024

🔴 There are simply no words.

For over a year, we have watched on our screens as the people of are forced to endure the unimaginable.

We have witnessed their pain, their grief, their heartbreak, and above all – their faith in Allah SWT, despite it all.

حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ

May He grant ease to the people of , and rectify their affairs – ameen. 🕊️

28/08/2024

Alan Morris excellent article nequality and education in Australia has just been published, and so is freely available, on The Economic and Labour Relations FirstView. It is a provocative and thoughtful exploration of the ways in which (public and private) education in Australia feeds into, and perpetuates and accentuates inequality, from early childhood to higher education. It is a sobering study, especially of education in a country that once prided itself on its egalitarianism.