About the Association

The International Association of Labour Law Journals was established for the following purposes:

1. Advancing research and scholarship in the fields of labour and employment law;
2. Encouraging the exchange of information regarding all aspects of the publishing process;
3. Promoting closer relations among editors of national and international labour and employment law journals.

The Association meets annually in different countries, at a meeting hosted by the journal for that country. Recent meetings have been held in Modena, Italy (2000); Brussels, Belgium (2001); Philadelphia, USA (2002); Madrid, Spain (2003), and again in Modena, Italy (2004). The 2005 meeting was held in Toronto, Canada; the 2006 in Paris, France, the 2007 in Bologna, Italy; the 2008 in Warwick, UK. The 2009 meeting will be held in Sydney, Australia on August 30, 31.

To view the Meeting Notice and Call for Papers for the upcoming 2009 Annual Meeting in Sydney, Australia, please click here. To view the working programme, please click here.

Papers prepared for Association meetings are published by the Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal and by The International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations.

The late renowned Professor Marco Biagi of the University of Modena, Italy was the first President, and was instrumental in establishing the Association as a Club of Labour Law Journals.  During the tenure (2004-2007) of his successor, Jeffrey Sack, Q.C., the Club was reconstituted as an Association, and its membership expanded from 12 to 21 Journals.  At the same time, the website for the Association was established.

The current president is Professor Guido Balandi, of Lavoro e Diritto . Email address: lavoroediritto@unife.it, Telephone (39) 0532 455641.

Please view the new Message from the President of the Association by clicking on the "Messages from the President" tab above.

For enquiries and comments please contact the Webmaster at kkellner@lancasterhouse.com.

To contact the Association:

Professor Guido Balandi
Lavoro e Diritto
Università di Ferrara
Facultà di Giurisprudenza
C.so Ercole I d'Este, 37
44100 Ferrara
Italy
Telephone: (39) 0532-291641
Fax: (39) 0532-200188
Email: bln@unife.it

Ms. Kathryn Kellner
Webmaster
c/o Lancaster House Publishing
17 Dundonald Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Telephone: 416-977-6618
Fax: 416-977-5873
Email: kkellner@lancasterhouse.com