Melanie Regine Hack

Melanie Regine Hack serves as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, specializing in labor regulation within European Economic Area frameworks. Her expertise focuses on working time standards, pay transparency mechanisms, and work-life balance policies across Nordic jurisdictions.

Her research centers on Labor Law, Employment Law, and European Economic Area Law with specific emphasis on Gender Equality and Pay Equality. Current investigations examine how EEA regulations shape Norwegian labor standards, particularly regarding fundamental rights in working time arrangements and sector-specific hiring restrictions. The LaW-Balance project analyzes legal approaches to work-family integration while REFLEX revises time-flexibility policies for inclusive labor markets.

Recent publications demonstrate strong trends in comparative labor law analysis, particularly Nordic perspectives on EU/EEA directives. Key themes include working time enforcement, pay transparency implementation, and platform work regulation, often contrasting German legal approaches with Scandinavian models to address emerging challenges in labor market governance.

Dr. Hack leads the LaW-Balance project (2 participants at University of Bergen) and contributes to REFLEX (10 participants at OsloMet) and CENTENOL (Center on Europeanisation of Norwegian Law, 3 participants at Bergen). These collaborations develop policy frameworks for labor regulation through transnational academic partnerships focused on translating legal research into practical governance solutions.