Dr Anne Merilyn Junor | UNSW Research

My Expertise

Casualisation; women and work; pay equity; work/life balance; flexibility; IR changes; public sector employment; teachers' work; higher education restructuring; performance pay; performance management.

Biography

2021-: Member, Industrial Relations Research Group, Public Sector Research Group, UNSW Canberra

2018-: Honorary Associate Professor, School of Business, UNSW Canberra

2010-2020: Honorary Associate Professor, Industrial Relations Research Centre, UNSW Sydney (Deputy Director of IRRC to 2016)

2001-2009: Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor, School of Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour/Organisation and...view more

2021-: Member, Industrial Relations Research Group, Public Sector Research Group, UNSW Canberra

2018-: Honorary Associate Professor, School of Business, UNSW Canberra

2010-2020: Honorary Associate Professor, Industrial Relations Research Centre, UNSW Sydney (Deputy Director of IRRC to 2016)

2001-2009: Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor, School of Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour/Organisation and Management/Management, UNSW Business School, Sydney

1995-2000: lecturer, Senior Lecturer, School of Management and Policy, University of Canberra

1990-1992: Casual/contract tutor/leceturer, University of Sydney, Macquarie Unviersity

1983-1988: Research Officer, NSW Teachers Federation

1972-1973: Lecturer, Armidale Teachers/ College, Tutor, Mary Whilte College, UNE

1965-1971 and 1974-1983: Secondary school teacher, English and History, NSW Department of Education; 1978-1981: member, English Syllabus Committee

Research Interests:

Skill (particularly in service sector)
Gender Pay Equity
Precarious Employment
Public and NGO Sector Employment Relations

My Grants

External Competitive Research Grants

Office of Learning and Teaching

2016-2018: Strategic Priority Commissioned Grant SP16-5285: Scholarly Teaching Fellows as a New Category of Employment in Australian Universities: Impacts and Prospects forTeaching and Learning

Project Leader: Assoc Prof J Goodman (University of Technology Sydney).
Team members: Dr K Yasukawa (UTS), Hon Assoc Prof A Junor (UNSW), Dr K Broadbent and Prof G Strachan (Griffith University), Assoc Prof T Brown (University of Canberra)

Australian Research Council

2011-2013: Linkage Grant. Recognising the Skill in Jobs Traditionally Considered Unskilled

Chief Investigators: Professor Erica Smith and Professor Andrew Smith (University of Ballarat), Associate Professor Ian Hampson and Associate Professor Anne Junor (UNSW)
Partner Organisations: Manufacturing Skills Australia, Service Skills Australia and United Voice.

2011-2013: Linkage Grant. The Future of Aircraft Maintenance in Australia: Workforce Capability, Aviation Safety and Industry Development

Chief Investigators: Michael Quinlan (UNSW), Ann Williamson ( UNSW), Garry Barrett (USydney) Anne Junor (UNSW), Ian Hampson (UNSW), Erik van Voorthuysen (UNSW), Sarah Gregson ( UNSW)
Partner Organisations: Australian Aerospace, Aviation Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Business Association, Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association, Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, Manufacturing Skills Australia, The Transport and Logistics Centre, TAFE NSW, Flight Attendants Association of Australia, Transport Workers Union

2001-2003: Discovery Grant. What does the New Public Management look like in the Public Sector Workplace? Australia and the United Kingdom Compared

Chief Investigators: John O'Brien (UNSW), Anne Junor (UNSW), Michael O'Donnell (ANU), Associate Investigators: Peter Fairbrother and Stephen Davies (Cardiff) and Bob Carter (Leicester)

2001-2004: ARC SPIRT (Strategic Partnerships with Industry Research and Training - now called Linkage) Grant. Casual Professionals? New Work Time and Contractual Arrangements in the Education Industry

Chief Investigator and Early Career Researcher: Anne Junor (University of Canberra and UNSW); Chief Investigator: Iain Campbell (RMIT); Associate Investigator: Jennifer Curtin (Monash)
Industry Partners: Barbara Preston; 3 TAFE Institute Managers, the ACTU, the Australian Education Union and the National Tertiary Education Union

Contract Research Grants (funded)

2019: Public Service Association and Professional Officers’ Association: Industrial Relations Commission of NSW Supplementary Report in Reply, Honorary Associate Professor Anne Junor, 13 June 2019

2017-2018: Public Service Association and Professional Officers’ Association. Industrial Relations Commission of NSW. Crown employees (School Administrative and Support Staff) Award Application for an Award Variation. Case No. 92883 of 2017. Report - Application of Spotlight Skill Identiification Tool to work of School Administrative Support Staff.

2016-2017: United Voice. Application of Spotlight Skill Identification Tool to Early Childhood Education and Care Work

Leader: Michael O’Donnell (UNSW); Researchers Anne Junor UNSW), Alison Barnes and Nikki Balnave (Macquarie), Celia Briar.

2014-2015: The Benevolent Society. Use of the Spotlight Skill Identification Tool to analyse jobs and rewrite job descriptions.

.Researchers: Anne Junor, Tracy Wilcox (UNSW).

2011-2014: UNSW Division of the Executive Director Finance and Operations. Building Professional Skills

Researchers: Ian Hampson (UNSW), Anne Junor (UNSW), David Morgan (UNSW), Celia Briar, Philippa Hall

2011: Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency. Better Description and Classification of Jobs in Awards: A Spotlight Project

Researchers: Anne Junor and Tracy Wilcox (UNSW)

2006:Transport and Logistics Centre. Building workforce capacity in the transport industry - Annotated bibliography

Researchers: Lucy Taksa, Anne Junor, Susan O'Brien

2005-2008: New Zealand Department of Labour. Development of a Methodology for Better Recognition of the Skills in Service Work

Research Team: Anne Junor (UNSW) (Leader), Ian Hampson (UNSW); Alison Barnes & Meg Smith (UWS), Robyn Ogle (Deakin), Peter Ewer (Labour Market Alternatives), Gemma Piercy Waikato)

1997-1998: Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business. Workplace Agreement Analysis Project

Team leader: Anne Junor

1994-5: Department of Industrial Relations Work and Family Unit.Enterprise Bargaining and Women in Part-time Labour Markets

Anne Junor (Macquarie), Ian Watson (University of Sydney), Kerry Barlow (University of Sydney)

1994: Association of Non English Speaking Background Women of Australia. Policy options for women of non-English speaking backgrounds in labour market programs

Anne Junor and Soheyla Gholamshahi (Macquarie)

1993: NSW TAFE Commission/Australian Committee for Training Curriculum. Competency-based training: National audit and analysis of gender-inclusive processes in training curriculum design and development .

Anne Junor (Macquarie), Kerry Karlow (Sydney)

1991-92: Commonwealth Department of Industrial Relations Pay Equity Unit. Measuring service sector productivity: Part-time women employees and workplace bargaining in the finance sector.

Anne Junor, Michelle Patterson (Macquarie), Kerry Barlow (Sydney)..

Internal university grants and seed funding

2017: UNSW Business School Linkage Seed Grant. Harmonisation’ of aircraft maintenance training and licensing

Lead investigator: Assoc Prof Ian Hampson, Investigators Hon Assoc Prof A Junor, S. Gregson

2007-8: UNSW Faculty of Business Research Grant. Capability management in the Australian Transport and Logistics Sector: Issues, strategies and prospects

Lead investigator: L Taksa. Investigators: A Junor, I Hampson, D Hull

2002-3: UNSW`Faculty of Commerce and Economics Research Grant. Strategic approaches to managing casual teacher employment in the context of an emerging public school teacher shortage

Lead CI: John O’Brien, CI Anne Junor

2000: University of Canberra Research Grant. Part-time professionals in education, health and community services

1999: University of Canberra Research Grant. Fragmented bargaining and union response in the ACT Public Sector

My Qualifications

PhD in Sociology, Macquarie University (1998)
Bachelor of Economics, University of New England (1973)
Diploma of Education, University of Sydney (1964)
Bachelor of Arts (Hons 1) University of Sydney (1963)

My Awards

2014 Spotlight skills recognition methodology chosen by UNSW Research Office as one of 10 Innovations that Changed our World (http://www.10innovations.unsw.edu.au/)
2005 Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence

My Engagement

Editorial Boards

2011-2021: Editor in Chief: The Economic and Labour Relations Review

2005-2010: Editor: The Economic and Labour Relations Review

Convening of Deliberative Conferences

2018: Co- convener with J Goodman et al, UTS Deliberative conference 6 December, and website: Scholarship in TeachingScholarship in Teaching

2016 and 2017: Co-convener, with I Hampson, UNSW deliberative conferences, The Future of Aircraft Maintenance and Manufacturing in Australia, UNSW Business School,

2009 One-day forum (organised by A Junor and A Barnes (UWS): The Fair Work Act: Promises, Potential, Protections and Pitfalls, UNSW Round House, 21 August.

Pro Bono Expert witness work

(For contracted research work see also 2017-2019 Public Service Association and Professional Officers Association)

2016: National Tertiary Education Union/Fair Work Commission Junor A. Expert Report presented as evidence, Fair Work Commission, in re Application for Variation of Higher Education Industry — Academic Staff — Award 2010 [MA000006] — Disciplinary Currency Allowance. July. (41 pp.)

2010-2011: Australian Services Union and Australian Government (Fair Work Commission). Application under the Fair Work Act for Equal Remuneration Orders (The Social and Community Services Case): Expert witness statements:

(a) Junor, A. Use of Spotlight skills identification methodology to document under-recognised and undervalued service skills. Expert witness statement and supplementary statement, ASU3 and ASU4. Fair Work Commission Equal Remuneration Case 2010–12, FWC FB C2010/3131, Available at: http://www.fwc.gov.au/sites/remuneration/submissions/ASU_Submission W5.pdf ; http://www.fwc.gov.au/sites/remuneration/submissions/ASU_Submission_W5-sup.pdf .
Cross examination 31 January 2011. Transcript available at: http://www.fwc.gov.au/sites/remuneration/transcripts/310111C20103131.pdf.

(b) Junor, A. And Briar, C (2011) Community sector work: Proportion of client based care by job grade. Cited in and appended to Joint Submission of the Applicants and the Australian Government on Remedy. Fair Work Australia No.C2010/3131, 17 November. Available at: http://www.fwc.gov.au/sites/remuneration/submissions/ jointSubRemedy_17-nov-2011.pdf.

2003: NSW Teachers Federation TAFE Teachers' case.

Affidavit and Affidavit in Reply, before the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales, Re: Variations on the Crown Employees (Teachers in Schools and TAFE and Related Employees) Salaries and Conditions Award re TAFE Part-Time Casual Teachers Conditions of Employment, IRC Matter 3597/2003, Sydney

Pro bono consulting work and keynote addresses

2013-2016: Regional Development Australia Sydney, Southwestern Sydney Manufacturing and Engineering Task Force.

Proposal: Manufacturing Lighthouse 2014-2016;
Business case for inclusion of aircraft maintenance capability in planning for Western Sydney Second Airport
Report: Survey of manufacturing and engineering employers, Southwestern Sydney - skill utilisation and requirements, 2013 ( Anne Junor, D Fraser)
Member, 2012-2017, Sydney Aerospace and Defence Interest Group Skills Subcommitter

2011-2012: Standards Australia AS5376-2012 Australian Standard: Gender-Inclusive Job Evaluation and Grading.

UNSW representative on development committee (chaired by Philippa Hall)

2011-2012: Independent inquiry into Insecure Work in Australia (ACTU)

Written submission with Celia Briar;

Oral submission, State Library of NSW, 27 February 2012.

Extensively Cited in Howe, B. Biddington. J. and Charlesworth, S. (2012) Lives on Hold: Unlocking the Potential of Australia’s Workforce. Report of Independent Inquiry into Insecure Work in Australia. ACTU, Melbourne.

2010: Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency

Staff presentation: Work value, skill recognition and pay equity. North Sydney, 1 April

2008-2009: House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment and Workplace Relations. Inquiry into Pay Equity and Associated Issues relating to Increasing Female Participation in the Workforce

Written submission 109
Oral evidence 26 September 2008.
Cited in Parliament of Australia, Making it Fair: Pay equity and Associated Issues related to increasing female participation in the workforce .

2008: Workplace Wellbeing, New Zealand. Shining a spotlight on the hidden skills of community sector workers.

Presentations and interactive workshops, Hamilton/Coromandel), November 27; Wellington, December 3, Christchurch, December 4.

2005: NZ Department of Labour

Tapping your organisation’s hidden talent by identifying emerging and under-recognised service skills – Presentation to Senior Public Sector Human Resource Managers, Wellington NZ, 29 Nov, 2006.
The Hidden Skills Spotlight: Report on the service sector skills identification project, Presentation at Pay and Employment Equity Forum, Wellington New Zealand, April 3, 2005.

2001: Equal Opportunity for Women Agency. Board presentation: Ways of addressing casual employment issues in annual reporting process

2000-02 Australian Council for Overseas Aid Agencies (Now ACFID) (pro bono research)

Salary survey and survey of conditions, gender equity and governance -member agencies Anne Junor, Alan Crake (University of Canberra)
Membership of Gender Equity Reference Group
'Taking Care of Staff: Legislative Compliance and Duty of Care': Delivery of training days for member organisations, Sydney and Melbourne; Delivery of Session, National Conference (with H. Coventry)

Public forum presentations - keynotes, panels, launches

2010 Economic analysis of IR law: Then and now. Invited paper to IIR Fair Work Summit, Sydney, 17-18 May.

2004 Junor A., with Evatt Foundation, organised launch at NSW Parliament house of IRRC Monograph, Labour Rights and Border Protection: Attempts at a Viable Life on the Temporary Protection Visa, by Nigel Hoffmann,1 April

Monographs, Consultancy Reports, Submissions, Expert Witness Statements, Practitioner Tools

Junor, A., Briar, C, Balnave, N. and Barnes, A. (2016) Investigating the Less Visible Demands of Early Childhood Education and Care Work. Research Report, October. (179 pp.)
Quinlan, M., Hampson, I., Junor, A. and Fraser, D. (2016) Feedback submission: Transport & Logistics Industry Skills Council Ltd. Aviation Workforce Skills Study January.
Hampson, I., D. Fraser, M. Quinlan, A. Junor, S. Gregson (2015), The Future of Aircraft Maintenance in Australia: Workforce Capability, Aviation Safety and Industry Development. Final Report. (280 pp).
Junor A and Fraser D (2015) Manufacturing and Engineering Skill Requirements: Views of Employers in two LGAs in Southwestern Sydney 2013-2014 Final Report with Recommendations. January 2015.
Smith, E., Smith, A., Hampson, I and Junor, A. (2015) Response to Discussion Paper ‘Review of Training and Accredited Courses’, National VET Reform Process. Canberra: Department of Education and Training.
Junor, A., Hampson, I., Morgan D, Briar, C and Hall, P. (2013) Building professional skills: recognising skills at work. Toolkit and handbook. Prepared for UNSW Division of Finance and Operations.
Briar, C. And Junor, A. (2012) Insecure work in Australia: General comments and three focal issues - Gender Dimensions: Indigenous and immigrant women, women with disabilities tertiary education casualisation, Submission to the Independent Inquiry into Insecure Work in Australia, January 2012.
Junor, A., Wilcox, T. and Fruin. D, (2011) better description and classification of jobs in awards: A Spotlight project, Report Prepared for the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency, Sydney, 211 pp., December,
Junor, A. and Fruin, D. (2011) Proposed transition to CFA classification structure: MFESB Administrative and Operational Support Staff Agreement, Report to United Firefighters Union, Victoria (23 pages).
New Zealand Department of Labour [Junor, A. et al. (2009) Spotlight: A Skills Recognition Tool, Wellington, Department of Labour (published on CD with the Equitable Job Evaluation Tool and the Job Evaluation Standard. Incl 119 page Research Report).
Junor, A., Gholamshahi, S. and O’Brien, S. (2009) Beyond Pool-Stirring: Non English Speaking Background Women and Labour Market Programs, Reprinted by voced.edu.au from 1994 monograph published by ANESBWA, Granville.

Junor, A. (1998) Changes to the labour market and workplace in Australia since 1986: Implications for Gender Equity and Affirmative Action. Report to the Review of the Affirmative Action Act 1998. Used to produce Unfinished Business: Equity for Women in Australian Workplaces. Final Report of the Regulatory Review of the Affirmative Action (Equal Employment for Women) Act 1986. June: 46-50; 58-62; 115-118; 122-127; 150.
Junor, A. and Barlow, K .(1995) Gender Inclusive Curriculum: Research Report. Australian Committee for Training Curriculum Products, Melbourne.

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