Book Review of Hustle and Gig by Alexandrea Ravenelle

No kid ever dreamed of growing up and driving for Uber or styling for Stitch Fix. In part, that’s because none of those companies existed when most of today’s adults …

UK: “Implied Terms and Human Rights in the Contract of Employment”

Research Article Abstract Posted in Front of Paywall: “This article considers the potential for implied terms in the contract of employment to protect employees’ human rights. The slim prospects of …

Antitrust as Allocator of Coordination Rights

Abstract It is conventionally understood that the purpose of antitrust law is to promote competition. Yet much more fundamentally, antitrust law allocates coordination rights. In particular, our current antitrust framework …

UK: London Underground Ltd v Amissah & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 125 (19 February 2019), Case No: A2/2017/0040

This decision was published by the [England and Wales] Court of Appeal (Civil Division) (“EWCA”) on Appeal from the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the United Kingdom (“UKEAT”), based upon the …

Case Nr. C-154/18, Horgan and Keegan v. Minister for Education and Skills et alii

Salary scale and classification on that scale upon recruitment less advantageous than that applicable to teachers already employed as such Article 2(2)(b) of Directive 2000/78 must be interpreted to the …

“Are employers doing enough to support employees who have caring responsibilities?” (United Kingdom; England; Scotland; Wales; Northern Ireland)

This story reviews “Juggling work and unpaid care: a growing issue,” an online poll undertaken from December 28, 2018 through January 4, 2019, and the poll’s accompanying report, which was …

Thailand ratified the fishing convention 2007 (ไทยยื่นสัตยาบันสารอนุสัญญาองค์การแรงงานระหว่างประเทศ ฉบับที่ ๑๘๘ ว่าด้วยการทำงานในภาคการประมง พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๐ (ค.ศ. ๒๐๐๗)

Thailand has committed to follow the living and working conditions for fishers onboard ships under Fishing Convention. http://www.mfa.go.th/main/th/news3/6886/99718-

Vigilance Plans Reference Guidance

The purpose of this Vigilance Plans Reference Guidance is to explain our organisation’s understanding of Law No. 2017-399 of 27 March 2017, on the duty of vigilance of parent and …

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2019 Annual Report of the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations

    English: https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—ed_norm/—relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_670146.pdf Spanish: https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—ed_norm/—relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_670148.pdf French: https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—ed_norm/—relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_670150.pdf

BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: A handbook for legal practitioners

The handbook follows the “three-pillar” structure of the UNGPs. Accordingly it is organised into three main sections. Chapter 1 addresses the state duty to protect against business-related human rights abuses. …