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ANÁLISIS Y OPINIÓN¿Trabajo sin derechos?: La economía de plataformas en debate en la OIT

La 113ª Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo (CIT) de la OIT debatirá por primera vez, entre el 2 y el 13 de junio, un tema clave para el presente y el …

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African workers are taking on Meta and the world should pay attention

In 2025, the world’s largest social media company, Meta, has taken a defiant new tone on the question of whether and to what extent it accepts responsibility for the real-world …

EU Minimum Wage Directive Before the European Court of Justice: It’s Not All Over Now…

It came as a shock to many supporters of a Social Europe when, on 14 January 2025, the Advocate General to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), …

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NLRB rules anti-union captive audience meetings an illegal abuse of employer power

Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that anti-union captive audience meetings in particular are illegal because they interfere with workers’ right to freely choose whether to form or join …

From ‘Fairness at Work’ to ‘Making Work Pay’: A Preliminary Assessment of the Employment Rights Bill

The pessimism of the politics should not obscure the radicalism and ambition of the Employment Bill. Indeed, it may be the most ambitious set of reforms since 1971. The Bill …

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Amazon’s office mandate: The hidden power play behind workplace control

In an abrupt move that has reignited debates about working from home, Amazon has recently ordered its white-collar employees to return to the office five days a week, abandoning any …

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The UK’s Turn to Switch Off? Lessons from Australia’s Right to Disconnect

One commitment made in the Labour Party’s ‘Plan to Make Work Pay’ was introducing a ‘right to switch off’ from work. Whilst the Coronavirus pandemic demonstrated that a wide range …

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The laws and flaws of AI management in the workplace

The news that 77% of employees who use artificial intelligence (AI) report that doing so has decreased their productivity and increased their workload has been met with mixed reactions. For those familiar …

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Time to remedy the legal consequences of Jivraj v Hashwani? The personal scope of application of equal treatment legislation

This blogpost revisits the 2011 UK Supreme Court decision in Jivraj v Hashwani [2011] UKSC 40, which adopted a narrow reading of the personal scope of the Equality Act 2010 as it …

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Kathmandu’s street vendors continue to fight for a dignified livelihood

“They came armed with batons and sticks with the intention of driving out the street vendors,” says Maya Gurung, a street vendor from Kathmandu, who serves as the president of …

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