PhD Wellington, LLM(Hons) Auckland, LLB(Hons) Wellington, BSocSc-labour studies Waikato, GDipBus(DR) & PGDip(OHS) Massey
Contact
Tel +64 3 479 8846
Office 9th Floor - 9N10
Email dawn.duncan@otago.ac.nz
Background
Dawn teaches and researches primarily in labour law.
Dawn’s research interests include employment law, labour market regulation and new forms of work, workers’ compensation, ACC and work health and safety, social security law and workplace dispute resolution. Dawn has practiced employment law in New Zealand and Australia, and has acted for individuals, unions, and large employers in a number of sectors. She completed her PhD at Victoria University of Wellington in 2019, her thesis proposing a new model for the compensation of work-related health problems in the ACC scheme.
Dawn is a committee member of the New Zealand Labour Law Society, and contributes to a number of texts and resources on New Zealand employment law. Dawn regularly speaks to the media, and to government, unions and employer groups on matters relating to employment law and work health and safety.
Publications
Duncan, D. (2020). COVID-19 and Labour Law: New Zealand. Italian Labour Law e-Journal, 13(1S), 1-5. doi: 10.6092/issn.1561-8048/10956
Toy-Cronin, B., Pirini, M., Turner, D., & Duncan, D. (2020). An evaluation of legal information chatbots: Useability, utility, and accuracy. Commissioned by Citizen AI, Community Law Wellington & Community Law Centres O Aotearoa. 58p.
Duncan, D. (2019). 50 years on from the Woodhouse Report: Worker's health in New Zealand's ACC scheme. Policy Quarterly, 15(1), 54-60. doi: 10.26686/pq.v15i1.5297
Duncan, D. (2019). Invisible consequences: The health hazards of "women's work" in New Zealand. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 50(2), 341-358. doi: 10.26686/vuwlr.v50i2.5749
Duncan, D. (2019, June). The increasingly complex relationships between work and health: A principled path to legal reform. Verbal presentation at the Labour Law Research Network (LLRN) Conference, Valparaíso, Chile.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Toy-Cronin, B., Pirini, M., Turner, D., & Duncan, D. (2020). An evaluation of legal information chatbots: Useability, utility, and accuracy. Commissioned by Citizen AI, Community Law Wellington & Community Law Centres O Aotearoa. 58p.
Chapter in Book - Research
Duncan, D. (2017). ACC and workers' health: Compensation, compromises and consequences. In G. Anderson, A. Geare, E. Rasmussen & M. Wilson (Eds.), Transforming workplace relations in New Zealand 1976-2016. (pp. 230-246). Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press.
Journal - Research Article
Duncan, D. (2019). 50 years on from the Woodhouse Report: Worker's health in New Zealand's ACC scheme. Policy Quarterly, 15(1), 54-60. doi: 10.26686/pq.v15i1.5297
Duncan, D. (2019). Invisible consequences: The health hazards of "women's work" in New Zealand. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 50(2), 341-358. doi: 10.26686/vuwlr.v50i2.5749
Duncan, D. (2018). A battle for hearts and minds: New Zealand's legal response to work-stress-related depression and cardiovascular disease. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations, 43(3), 3-17.
Duncan, D. (2016). Regulating work that kills us slowly: The challenge of chronic work-related health problems. New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations, 41(2), 87-103.
Journal - Research Other
Duncan, D. (2020). COVID-19 and Labour Law: New Zealand. Italian Labour Law e-Journal, 13(1S), 1-5. doi: 10.6092/issn.1561-8048/10956
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Duncan, D. (2019, June). The increasingly complex relationships between work and health: A principled path to legal reform. Verbal presentation at the Labour Law Research Network (LLRN) Conference, Valparaíso, Chile.
Duncan, D. (2019, February). ACC and worker health: Expanding to get a better scheme, not just a bigger one. Verbal presentation at the The "Private" Law's Response to Accident, Illness and Disability, Hong Kong, China.
Awarded Doctoral Degree
Duncan, D. (2019). Beyond accident: A model for the compensation of work-related harm in New Zealand (PhD). Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8517
