Many difficulties with the achievement of labour law objectives, and the enforcement of existing labour law provisions, are caused by the fact that those making decisions, and those benefiting from them, appear to be shielded behind the veil of incorporation when the company becomes insolvent. These same issues would not be happening unless the company as the legally responsible party was a separate legal entity, often with limited assets from which a regulator can seek a remedy. Thwarted regulators such as the Fair Work Ombudsman quietly fume and take ‘creative steps’ with their own limited laws. In this seminar, Professor Anderson will discuss what role limited liability and separate legal entity play in causing problems for employees during corporate insolvency, and then consider ways to surmount these.