The transnational migration in Thailand started in the 18th and 19th centuries when the Chinese traders and migrants and other nationalities came to Thailand such as the Indian, Western, and …
Scholarly Article
The Rules of #MeToo
Two revelations are central to the meaning of the #MeToo movement. First, sexual harassment and assault are ubiquitous. And second, traditional legal procedures have failed to redress these problems. In …
Human Trafficking in India
The paper summarizes the history of human trafficking, types of human trafficking, and the victims of human trafficking in India. It also addresses the causes and remedies for human trafficking …
“Do Immigrants Trust Trade Unions? A Study of 18 European Countries” (United Kingdom; European Union; United States)
This article examines, via systematic cross-national empirical analysis of migrants’ attitudes in Western Europe, whether unions have been able to gain the trust of migrants, as expressed by the migrants …
The political economy of labor market deregulation during IMF interventions
This study examines the relationship between policy interventions by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and de jure labor rights. Combining two novel data sets with unprecedented country-year coverage – leximetric …
UK: “A band aid on a gaping wound: Taylor and modern working practices” – a review article of “Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices”
In a critique of “Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices” by Matthew Taylor (the “Taylor Review”), Phil Taylor focuses on what he believes are some shortcomings of …
UK: “Implied Terms and Human Rights in the Contract of Employment”
Research Article Abstract Posted in Front of Paywall: “This article considers the potential for implied terms in the contract of employment to protect employees’ human rights. The slim prospects of …
Antitrust as Allocator of Coordination Rights
Abstract It is conventionally understood that the purpose of antitrust law is to promote competition. Yet much more fundamentally, antitrust law allocates coordination rights. In particular, our current antitrust framework …
Beyond Automation: The Law & Political Economy of Workplace Technological Change
This article unpacks the relationship among advanced information technologies, employment law rules, and labor standards. Based on a detailed review of the capacities of existing technologies, it argues that automation …
Trump’s Labor Board Just Gave Its Blessing to One of the Most Deplorable Worker Abuses in the Country
Imagine you drive a van for SuperShuttle. You take passengers from their homes and hotels to the airport and back. The shifts are long and the pay isn’t great, but …
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