‘Master and Servers’: Collective Labour Rights and Private Government in the Contemporary World of Work

This paper explores the issues of subordination and authority in the contemporary world of work as they are exacerbated by new forms of work-surveillance that track emotions and mental states …

Labour Protections for Overseas Chinese Workers: Legal Framework and Judicial Practice

The launch of China’s Belt and Road Initiative has brought attention to the dispatch of Chinese workers overseas. These vulnerable migrants are often charged high fees in China only to …

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A socially just transition through the European Green Deal?

This Working Paper meant to provide a preliminary assessment of whether the European Green Deal constitutes a suitable policy framework to combine environmental and economic objectives with the pursuit of …

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ISSUES UNDER THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: EMPLOYEE RIGHTS TO REFUSE TO WORK IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS, AND ISSUES FOR BARGAINING AND THOSE AFFECTING HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS

“In a nutshell, further elaborated in the following sections, the right of workers covered by the NLRA to be free from retaliation for engaging in concerted activities for mutual aid …

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Farce majeure: How global apparel brands are using the COVID-19 pandemic to stiff suppliers and abandon workers

The ILAW Network, together with the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights and the Workers Rights Consortium, has issued a new policy paper which examines how brands have used …

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TAKING BUSINESS LAW BACK FROM THE ECONOMISTS: BUILDING WORKER POWER THROUGH ANTITRUST REFORM

“The political economy of work in the United States is on the skids. In April 2020, unemployment skyrocketed,reaching a level not seen since the worst days of the Depression in the 1930s. …

“THE LANDMARK BOSTOCK DECISION: SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY BIAS IN EMPLOYMENT CONSTITUTE SEX DISCRIMINATION UNDER FEDERAL LAW”

“On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States (Supreme Court or SCOTUS) issued a widely anticipated decision holding that the federal statutory ban on sex discrimination in …

Nevsun: A Ray of Hope in a Darkening Landscape?

This article explores some aspects of the Canadian Supreme Court’s decision on Nevsun Resources v Araya in the light of its exposition on the act of state doctrine and application …

Statutory Interpretation and the Limits of a Human Rights Approach: Royal Mail Group Ltd v Communication Workers Union

“In the 1998 white paper Fairness at Work, the recently elected New Labour Government famously declared that when it came to trade union law there would be no going back: …

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Employment Status, Tax and the Gig Economy—Improving the Fit or Making the Break?

“One particular issue is that of employment status and the differential amounts of tax and National Insurance paid by people providing their labour through different legal structures. Different structures also …

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