- BA (Melb)
- LLB(Hons)(Melb)
- LLM (Melb)
- Barrister and Solicitor (Vic)
Prior to joining Monash University in 2004, Carolyn gained extensive experience in private practice, specialising in the areas of employment law and equal opportunity law over a period of 10 years. Carolyn teaches and conducts research in the field of labour law, with a particular focus on the influence of the law on workplace agreements.
Teaching
Carolyn lectures in the postgraduate units Law of Employment and Human Resource Management Law. Carolyn is also the Department's co-ordinator of sessional staff and the Deputy Course Director of the Master of Business Law.
Research
In her PhD studies, Carolyn is exploring the key objectives of the Australian legal framework relating to workplace agreements, and determining whether agreement outcomes are consistent with these objectives.
Commissioned Research
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Agreement-making under Work Choices: The Impact of the Legal Framework on Bargaining Practices and Outcomes, Report for the Victorian Office of the Workplace Rights Advocate/Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development, September 2007.
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Best Practice in Workplace Agreements, Report for the Victorian Office of the Workplace Rights Advocate/Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development, July 2008.
Recent Publications
- C Arup and C Sutherland, 'The Recovery of Wages: Legal Services and Access to Justice' (2009) 35(1) Monash University Law Review (forthcoming).
- C Sutherland, 'Industrial Legislation in 2008' (2009) 51 Journal of Industrial Relations (forthcoming).
- C Sutherland, 'Making the 'BOOT' Fit: Reforms to Agreement-making from Work Choices to Fair Work' in A Stewart and A Forsyth (eds), Fair Work: The New Workplaces Laws and the Work Choices Legacy, Federation Press, 2009.
- C Sutherland, 'First Steps Forward (with Fairness): A Preliminary Examination of the Transition Legislation' (2008) 21 Australian Journal of Labour Law 137.
- C Sutherland and J Riley, 'Industrial Legislation in 2007' (2008) 50 Journal of Industrial Relations 417.
- 'All Stitched Up? The 2007 Amendments to the Safety Net' (2007) 20(3) Australian Journal of Labour Law 245;
- 'Applying Victoria v Schou: The Approach of VCAT and the Federal Magistrates Court' (2007) 29(1) Australian Bar Review 45;
- 'Regulating Dismissals: The Impact of Unfair Dismissal Legislation on the Common Law Contract of Employment' in Chris Arup et al (eds), Labour Law and Labour Market Regulation: Essays on the Construction and Regulation of Labour Markets and Work Relationships (Federation Press, 2006);
- 'Collective Labour Relations under Siege: The Work Choices Legislation and Collective Bargaining' (2006) 19 Australian Journal of Labour Law 183 (with Anthony Forsyth);
- 'From 'Uncharted Seas' to the 'Stormy Waters': How Will Trade Unions Fare under the Work Choices Legislation?' (2006) 16 The Economic and Labour Relations Review 215 (with Anthony Forsyth);
- 'By Invitation Only: The Role of the AIRC in Private Arbitration' (2005) 18 Australian Journal of Labour Law 53.
Grants and Awards
In 2004 and 2005, Carolyn won the Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching.
In 2005, Carolyn received a grant from the Innovations in Teaching fund for the project "Interactive Hypothetical in Workplace Law"; In 2007, Carolyn received two further grants for innovative projects in workplace law.
Carolyn was awarded a Faculty Research Excellence Grant in 2008.
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