“Industrial relations reform has been a highly contested area of Australian public policy for the last 30 years. But let’s focus on the period since the last Labor Government brought …
Commentary
US ‘Flexible Work’ Bill Would Spell Disaster for Rights in Gig Economy
In the United States, a trio of lawmakers has launched an assault on the rights of gig workers, proposing a law that effectively excludes them,and many others who work on-demand, from the …
Ukraine could abandon key labour principle as part of EU drive
The Ukrainian government intends to abandon its long-held principle of consulting trade unions and employers’ associations over policy as part of the country’s drive to join the EU, draft plans …
The Flexibility to Be Paid in Chicken Sandwiches
Last week, a Chick-fil-A franchise in Hendersonville, North Carolina made news by asking for “volunteers” to work at the store’s drive-through window at a rate of five entrees (and zero dollars) …
An Assessment of the EU’s Draft Guidelines on the Application of EU Competition Law to Collective Agreements of the Solo Self-Employed
“On December 9, 2021, the European Commission published its draft Guidelines on collective bargaining for solo self-employed persons. The Guidelines aim to remove existing competition law restrictions to collective bargaining …
Los Derechos Laborales En La Constitución Chilena: La Importancia Del Apruebo El 4 De Septiembre
Chile está culminando el proceso constituyente que se inició tras las movilizaciones de octubre de 2019. Como se conoce, tras un referéndum exitoso en octubre de 2020, se encomendó a …
Disrupting Cultural Norms Through Occupational Health and Safety: A Convention 190 Perspective
“Sexual harassment and cultural norms are inextricably linked. One need look no further than Cambodia’s Labour Law, which is not alone in conceptualising sexual harassment as a violation of female decency and …
In Hungary, the right to strike has been curtailed by Viktor Orbán
“Éva Vatai, a French teacher at a high school in Pécs, in southern Hungary, cannot believe it. She was recently docked five per cent of her pay – Ft16,700 (€44) …
Workers’ rights: how a landmark UN decision on safety and health will actually affect employees
In what has been called the “biggest moment for workers’ rights in a quarter of a century”, the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted a safe and healthy work environment as one of its …
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Safety at work: a trojan horse for new monitoring technologies?
“In Stanley Kubrick’s masterful film 2001: A Space Odyssey, the supercomputer HAL 9000 (heuristically programmed algorithmic computer) uses artificial intelligence to detect emotion and suffering, and controls all of a …