DrElsa Underhill
Visitor
Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Business School
- VisitorFaculty of Business and Law/Deakin Business School
- +61 3 924 45089 (Work)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
RESEARCH INTERESTS
* Occupational health and safety and temporary agency workers
* Labour market change
* Human Resource Management
* Industrial Relations Policy and Strategies
* Strategies for improving the safe placement of agency workers
* Interrelationships between human resource management policies and practices and OHS outcomes
Knowledge Areas
Precarious employment and workplace health and safety
Temporary migrant workers
Worker representation in the construction industry
Regulating labour hire employment (temporary employment agencies)
Projects
Worker Representation in OHS in the Australian Construction Industry, with Profs. Michael Quinlan (UNSW), David Walters (Cardiff) and Dr. Emma Wadsworth (Cardiff). Research grant from the CFMEU
The Harvest Trail: Employment and OHS amongst international backpackers in the Australian harvesting sector, with Emer. Prof. Malcolm Rimmer (La Trobe).
Employment status and employee well-being, with Drs. Melissa Parris, Kerrie Saville & Justine Ferrer.
Licensing of temporary agency employers (labour hire employers): a review of international standards and their relevance to Australia.
GRANTS
- TENDERInformation seeking behaviours of temporary visa workers6 Dec 2017 - 28 Feb 2018People funded by this grant:
- Elsa Underhill
- CONTRACT RESEARCHEvaluating the role of the CFMEU in improving occupational health and safety outcomes in construction1 Apr 2015 - 30 Apr 2016People funded by this grant:
- Underhill E,
- Walters D,
- Quinlan M
- GRANTFor the provision of research into strategies for improving workplace health and safety for labour placement industry workers in Queensland31 May 2010 - 20 Aug 2010People funded by this grant:
- Elsa Underhill