1994年，墨尔本大学法学院设立了就业和劳资关系法中心（CELRL）。其广泛目标是巩固墨尔本大学劳动和就业法的教学和研究，为整个澳大利亚劳动和就业法教学和研究的发展做出贡献，并与世界各地的劳动和就业法学者接触。中心成员负责在法学院的本科和研究生课程中教授劳动和就业法科目、专门研究劳动和就业法。

中心成员从事就业和劳动法以及劳动力市场监管等广泛领域的不同方面的研究。重点领域包括：管理个人工作关系、就业和劳动力市场中的歧视和不平等、职业健康和安全的管理、集体劳动关系和谈判、工会的职能和工人代表的替代形式、公司治理和劳工、执行最低就业标准、国际劳工权利和标准以及失业法和劳动力市场政策。中心成员对比较劳动和就业法以及劳动力市场监管有着浓厚的兴趣，对亚太地区、南部非洲、北美和欧洲的劳动和就业监管进行研究。

CELRL目标是在澳大利亚和国际上对过去、现在和未来工作监管的各个方面进行和鼓励独立研究，包括跨学科和多学科研究；开展和促进以研究为主导的劳动和就业法教学，包括开发和推广创新的教学方法和教材；传播就业和劳资关系法的研究成果；在国际和国内建立和促进与类似机构的联系，并促进大学内外利益相关者之间的参与。

In 1994, the University of Melbourne Law School established the Centre for Employment and Industrial Relations Law (CELRL). Its broad objectives are to consolidate the teaching and research of labour and employment law at the University of Melbourne, to contribute to the development of labour and employment law teaching and research throughout Australia, and to engage with labour and employment law scholars around the world. Members of the Centre are responsible for teaching labour and employment law subjects and specializing in labour and employment law in the undergraduate and graduate courses of the Faculty of Law.

The members of the Centre conduct research on different aspects of a wide range of areas, such as employment and labor law and labour market regulation. Areas of focus include: management of individual working relations, discrimination and inequality in employment and the labour market, management of occupational health and safety, collective labour relations and negotiation, functions of trade unions and alternative forms of workers' representation, corporate governance and labour, implementation of minimum employment standards, international labour rights and standards, and unemployment law and labour market policy. Members of the Center have a keen interest in comparative labor and employment law and labor market regulation, conducting research on labor and employment regulation in the Asia-Pacific region, Southern Africa, North America and Europe.

The objective of the CELRL is to conduct and encourage independent research, both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary, in Australia and internationally on all aspects of past, present and future work regulation; Develop and promote research-led teaching of labour and employment law, including the development and dissemination of innovative teaching methods and teaching materials; disseminate research findings on employment and industrial relations law; Establish and promote links with similar institutions internationally and nationally and promote participation between stakeholders within and outside the University.