Andrew Stewart is the John Bray Professor of Law at the University of Adelaide and a Legal Consultant to the national law firm Piper Alderman. One of Australia's leading experts in employment law and workplace relations, he is an editor of the Australian Journal of Labour Law and co-director of the Adelaide Law School's Work and Employment Regulation research group. He has also published widely in the fields of contract law and intellectual property. His current research includes Australian Research Council-funded projects on the regulation of unpaid work experience and the role of industrial tribunals in promoting workplace cooperation. Professor Johanna Macneil is Assistant Dean, Teaching and Learning, in the Faculty of Business and Law at the University of Newcastle. She has an excellent international reputation in employment relations, particularly on issues of collective bargaining and the role of industrial tribunals and other third parties in facilitating co-operative relationships and productive workplace change. In 2014 she was awarded a prestigious ARC Linkage grant in this area, along with Professor Mark Bray (UoN), Professor Andrew Stewart (University of Adelaide), Justice Iain Ross (Fair Work Commission), and the industrial Relations Society of NSW (Newcastle Branch). Professor Mark Bray has held the Foundation Chair in Employment Studies at the University of Newcastle since 1997.

Before then, he held positions at the Universities of NSW, Wollongong and Sydney. He has taught Australian and comparative industrial relations, human resource management and research methods over many years. His current research interests include the role of tribunals in promoting workplace cooperation and performance; and the structures and processes of labour regulation, including labour law, collective bargaining and awards.