Beyond Automation: The Law & Political Economy of Workplace Technological Change

This article unpacks the relationship among advanced information technologies, employment law rules, and labor standards. Based on a detailed review of the capacities of existing technologies, it argues that automation …

Brave New World: Fundamental Labour Rights in the Charter Era

It is for this reason the Canadian Foundation for Labour Rights (CFLR) has commissioned the following paper. The objective of the paper is to provide analysis and interpretation of the …

Trump’s Labor Board Just Gave Its Blessing to One of the Most Deplorable Worker Abuses in the Country

Imagine you drive a van for SuperShuttle. You take passengers from their homes and hotels to the airport and back. The shifts are long and the pay isn’t great, but …

Tainted Garments: The Exploitation of Women and Girls in India’s Home Based Garment Sector

This report offers the most wide-reaching and comprehensive investigation yet into the conditions of work for women and girls in India’s home-based garment sector. The report finds that the situation of …

Tomasella v Nestle USA Inc

The question before the Court was whether Nestlé is liable under Massachusetts law for failing to disclose the labor practices of its suppliers on its product packaging at the point …

Paycheck Fairness Act

The Paycheck Fairness Act would:  Protect against retaliation for discussing salaries with colleagues;  Prohibit employers from screening job applicants based on their salary history or requiring salary history …

NLRB: SuperShuttle DFW, Inc. and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1338

By a 3-1 vote along party lines, the Board reversed its 2014 decision in FedEx  and found that the franchisees who operate ride-share vans for SuperShuttle Dallas-Fort Worth are not …

Ten-day minimum paternity leave for the whole of the EU

A directive that mandates fathers, with inclusion for same-sex partners, be allowed at least 10 working days of paid paternity leave was agreed upon by EU leaders last week. It …

France, UK: “Global Framework Agreements and Trade Unions as Monitoring Agents in Transnational Corporations”

Based on a qualitative analysis of ten French multinational companies, this article pursues an empirical investigation that presents the authors’ view of what a global framework agreement should be. The …

An analysis of multiparty bargaining models for global supply chains

This working paper reviews one approach for realizing the goal of improving labour standards at the lower rungs of supply chains that has to date received relatively little scholarly attention: …

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