The Informal Economy Revisited: Examining the Past, Envisioning the Future

This 34-chapter open-access book brings together leading scholars to investigate recent conceptual shifts, research findings and policy debates on the informal economy. Well over half of the global workforce and …

Advancing Equality: How Constitutional Rights Can Make a Difference Worldwide

In a world where attacks on the basic human rights and equal worth of all people are escalating, Advancing Equality reminds us of the critical role of constitutions in protecting equal rights. …

BRIEFING PAPER: LABOUR RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT IN THE USMCA

“The USMCA includes two mechanisms to enforce the labour rights obligations of the agreement. The first, set out in Chapter 23,1 seeks to improve the effectiveness of the existing state-to-state …

Extending social security to workers in the informal economy: Lessons from international experience

“For most workers in the informal economy, the lack of social protection is a challenge not only in their daily struggles to make ends meet but in their aspirations to …

MODEL ARBITRATION CLAUSES FOR THE RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES UNDER ENFORCEABLE BRAND AGREEMENTS

“The 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse disaster in Bangladesh, as well as numerous other industrial tragedies and labor rights abuses have exposed the need for brand and supplier accountability for …

Clean Slate for Worker Power: Worker Power and Voice in the Pandemic Response

“Our country is racked by two urgent crises – the COVID-19 pandemic and the plague of systemic racism, the latter of which has manifested in the continued killing of Black …

TASHKENT’S REFORMS HAVE NOT YET REACHED US: UNFINISHED WORK IN THE FIGHT AGAINST FORCED LABOR IN UZBEKISTAN’S 2019 COTTON HARVEST

“In just a few years, Uzbekistan has made significant, rapid progress toward the elimination of adult forced labor in the cotton harvest, following the elimination of child labor in 2014. …

Towards mandatory due diligence in global supply chains

“The Covid-19 pandemic has once again exposed the fragility of global supply chains and the enormous risks to human and labour rights in a highly interconnected global economy that is …

REGIONAL CASE STUDY From Ukraine to Finland and Estonia via Poland: Migration and posting of third country nationals

“This report gives an overview of the Con3Post project1 research that analyses a new and understudied phenomenon of posting third country nationals (TCNs) in the European construction sector, with a …

REGIONAL CASE STUDY – From Bosnia and Herzegovina to Austria via Slovenia: migration and posting of third country nationals in the EU

“In this report we investigate the main characteristics of the trend of posting third country nationals to work in the EU construction sector. The report focuses on the specific regional …

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