Can Transnational Labour Law Resolve the Crisis of Labour?

For a hundred years, the ILO has championed the cause of social justice, facilitated dialogue amongst its stakeholders, provided intelligent analysis and advice, and undertaken whatever practical on-the-ground measures its …

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LANDMARK NEVSUN RULING WILL PAVE WAY FORWARD FOR OTHER VICTIMS OF CORPORATE ABUSE

Last Friday, the Canadian Supreme Court announced its decision on jurisdiction in Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, in which a Canadian company is being sued for alleged violations of Customary …

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The Case for Universal Labor and Employment Rights

Working people in the United States are fragmented by race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and status. We are also stratified by the law itself—specifically the extent to which we are entitled …

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Combatting Forced Labor and Enforcing Workers’ Rights Using the Tariff Act

This briefing paper by the International Labor Rights Forum discusses how U.S. trade policy, embodied in Section 307, can help prevent Americans’ complicity with the forced labor economy. It primarily …

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Reading the Stevia Leaves: Early Clues to Federal Enforcement of the Ban on Imports Made with Forced Labour

Labor rights advocates cheered when Congress acted in 2015 to remove an exception to the longstanding ban on imports into the U.S. of products made with forced labor (Section 307 …

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Tackling cyberbullying in the world of work

It started as an investigation into something long dismissed as an urban legend. Finally, even if far too late, the awful scale of the Parisian Ligue du LOL – internationally known as the LOL league – …

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REFLECTIONS ON THE NKALA CLASS ACTION CERTIFICATION: ENHANCING ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR AFRICAN MINEWORKERS

Returning from the 2019 United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, at which class actions featured prominently in business and human rights litigation, I began reflecting on Nkala and Others …

Delivering employment rights to platform workers

On January 24, the Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione) found in favour of some food-delivery riders litigating against their platform. The Court decided to apply a 2015 legislation that …

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Contradictory decisions on the employment status of platform workers in Spain

In May 2018, a judgement on the employment status of platform workers was issued for the first time in Spain. In the years since then, there have been at least …

Can workers make better decisions than CEOs?

CEOs and corporate executives may lack the skills needed to make decisions that can benefit society at large. It’s true that all of us have ‘blind spots’- areas where our …

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