David Peetz

David Peetz is professor of employment relations at Griffith University and a co-researcher at the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la mondialisation et le travail in Canada. He has previously published in Griffith Review #15, #22 and #45 and in many editions of The Conversation.

He was once a manager in the Senior Executive Service of Australian Department of Industrial Relations and has undertaken work for unions, employers, the International Labor Organisation and governments of both political persuasions in and outside of Australia, including a recent report tabled in the Queensland Parliament on the workers compensation system.

His most recent, sixth, book is Women, Labor Segmentation and Regulation: Varieties of Gender Gaps, he is presently writing The Realities and Futures of Work and has also published Brave New Workplace and Women of the Coal Rushes.