The Labour Law Research Network, representing the global community of labour law scholars, recognizes exceptional and longstanding contributions with the Bob Hepple Award for Lifetime Achievement in Labour Law. The Award was previously called the LLRN Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Labour Law. In 2015, the LLRN Advisory Committee decided to rename the Award in honour of the late Bob Hepple, one of the inaugural recipients of the Award, as a permanent reminder to all labour law colleagues of Bob's towering achievements. It was hoped that the renaming of the Award will in some small, symbolic way, help to ensure that Bob's generous spirit will always be with us.
LLRN Awards Recipients 2023
Prof. Janice Bellace
See the presentation remarks from Dr Beryl ter Haar
Prof. Adelle Blackett
See the presentation remarks from Dr Vera Pavlou
LLRN Awards Recipients 2021
Prof. Matthew Finkin
See the presentation remarks by Prof. Takashi Araki
Prof. Monika Schlachter
See the presentation remarks made by Dr Miriam Kullmann
LLRN Awards Recipients 2019
Prof. Mark Freedland
See the presentation remarks made by Prof. Alan Bogg (University of Bristol - Centre for Law at Work)
Prof. Ann Numhauser-Henning
See the presentation remarks made by Prof. Mia Ronnmar (Lund University)
LLRN Awards Recipients 2017
See the presentation remarks given by Prof. Julia Lopez (Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona)
See the presentation remarks given by Prof. Matthew Finkin (University of Illinois)
LLRN Awards Recipients 2015
Prof. Silvana Sciarra
See the presentation remarks given by Prof. Mark Freedland (University of Oxford)
Prof. Manfred Weiss
See the presentation remarks given by Prof. Nicola Smit (North West University, South Africa)
LLRN Awards Recipients 2013
Prof. Bob Hepple
See the presentation remarks given by Prof. Silvana Sciarra (University of Florence)
Prof. Harry Arthurs
See the presentation remarks given by Prof. Brian Langille (University of Toronto)