As a specialist on European, International & Comparative Employment Law, Professor Neal has served on various expert committees for the Social Affairs Directorate of the European Commission since 1985, and acts as an Independent Expert for the International Labour Organisation. He regularly advises national governments in the field of employment law and social policy, and is actively involved in the provision of specialised judicial training, both in the United Kingdom and abroad, in the areas of employment law and human rights.
Between 2003 and 2006 he headed a joint project between the United Kingdom FCO and the Chinese Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MOLSS), establishing a Labour Arbitration Court for China. He was one of the two independent experts advising the Chinese Labour Ministry on preparation of a new Labour Contracts Law for the PRC, as well as acting as an independent international expert in relation to the PRC's new Labour Disputes Arbitration Law.
Professor Neal completed studies on The Evolution of Labour Law for DG Employment of the European Commission (2004), and undertook work for the United Kingdom Health & Safety Executive on the impact of 2003 statutory changes to the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999, on the sanction of disqualification for company directors guilty of health and safety offences, and on transposition of European Union health and safety Directives into United Kingdom law.
