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“The UK Government’s consultation on employment classification and control: A response”

In this response to the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) government’s 2018 consultation efforts on how to define employment status, the authors focused on one element under consideration by the U.K. government …

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UK: “Migrating Industrial Relations: Migrant Workers’ Initiative Within and Outside Trade Unions”

In this article, the authors explore the experiences of low-paid Latin-American workers in London. They examine how established trade unions have sought to represent these workers, using conventional organizing strategies, …

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“Trade unions and migrant workers: New contexts and challenges in Europe” in Chapter 11, “Trade unions and migrant workers in the UK: Organising in a cold climate”

[This book “analyses the relationship between trade unions, immigration and migrant workers across eleven European countries in the period between the 1990s and 2015.”] [Quoted from ILO book sales page: …

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“Indirect Discrimination, Justification and Proportionality: Are UK Claimants at a Disadvantage?”

In this article, the authors discuss how both the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) approach the standard of scrutiny for the …

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UK: “Work in Britain’s Informal Economy: Learning from Road-Side Hand Car Washes”

This article examines the phenomenon of a rapid increase in hand car washes in the UK. In this context, the authors ask what this increase tells us about “informalization of …

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Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) and RooFoods Limited T/A Deliveroo

The IWGB (the Union) submitted an application to the CAC dated 28 November 2016 that it should be recognised for collective bargaining by RooFoods Limited T/A Deliveroo (Deliveroo) for a …

UBER B.V. vs. Aslam

Here, Uber lost its appeal against a decision that its drivers are properly classified as workers. Driver Yaseen Aslam had previously won an employment tribunal case in 2016 which cited Uber’s …

The Employment Status of Uber Drivers A Comparative Report Prepared For The Social Law Project, University Of The Western Cape

Oxford Pro Bono Publico University sponsored research project from 2017 highlighting the status of Uber drivers in a variety of jurisdictions with a comparison between drivers in the United Kingdom, Ireland, …

UK: Unison, R (on the application of) v Lord Chancellor [2017] UKSC 51

The ruling in this appellate case, which applies both to the public and private sectors, addressed whether fees imposed upon a person who wishes to pursue proceedings in an Employment …

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UK: Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices (the “Taylor Review”)

The Taylor Review is the 116-page document on which the December 2018 United Kingdom (“U.K.”) “Good Work Plan” was based. The Taylor Review is an independent report commissioned in 2016 …

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