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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General Comment No. 37 on Article 21 (Right of peaceful assembly)

“The fundamental human right of peaceful assembly enables individuals to express themselves collectively and to participate in shaping their societies. The right of peaceful assembly is important in its own …

Ukraine: Draft Law Threatens Trade Union Rights

Ukraine’s parliament is considering draft amendments to the country’s trade union law that, if adopted, would impose serious and unjustified restrictions on workers’ rights to freedom of association, Human Rights …

Uber’s Achilles Heel: The Rule of Law

“As courts all over the world are holding Uber accountable on charges of infringements of workers’ rights, Bama Athreya provides insights into the larger issue of a fundamental conflict between …

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Not Fit-for-Purpose: The Grand Experiment of Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives in Corporate Accountability, Human Rights and Global Governance

“When MSIs first emerged in the 1990s, they appeared to offer a transformative and exciting proposition. For years human rights and advocacy organizations had been investigating and naming-and-shaming companies for …

Briefing Paper: Lessening the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis

“Civil society organisations (CSOs) are at the forefront of the COVID-19 mitigation effort in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) region. This crisis is posing an all-encompassing challenge to EaP countries’ societies, …

The Informal Economy Revisited: Examining the Past, Envisioning the Future (Book)

“Informal economic activity is as old as humankind and, today, is emerging in new places and new guises. Historically, all employment, businesses and eco-nomic activities were informal until policies and …

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Can collective bargaining help close the gender wage gap for women in non-standard jobs?

Across the OECD, in 2017, 31.2% of women of working age on average were in non-standard employment, such as temporary and part-time work, compared to 15.3% of men. Non-standard work …

Fear at work

“An inside account of how employers threaten, intimidate, and harass workers to stop them from exercising their right to collective bargaining The central fact of our economy is the long-term …

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The Compounding Impacts of COVID-19 on Migrant Workers in South East Asia

“Closed businesses, empty city streets, and airports have become global symbols of the COVID-19 pandemic. All of us have been directly or indirectly impacted through lockdown measures – movement and travel …

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