Applying insights from critical legal studies, this issue of Law and Informality Insights explores how informal workers use the law to resolve their disputes with local authorities. Through the author’s …
Commentary
Posición y propuestas del movimiento sindical en Colombia sobre Piso de Protección Social
Luego de que la Corte Constitucional colombiana declarara inexequible el Piso de Protección Social que había implementado el Gobierno Nacional y diera un plazo para que se legisle adecuadamente sobre …
A death a day: Nepali workers in Saudi
“Every evening for several weeks, 27-year-old Dipak Sinjali called his pregnant wife, Kalpana, from a small room in Saudi Arabia, and asked about her health. The two spoke joyously to …
Digital Transition: An Opportunity to Advance Labour Rights
“With the digital transition, the precise definition of the future of work (its social and human dimensions) requires urgent attention. Recent policymaking developments tell us a little more about whether …
The Surprising Agreement Between Uber and UFCW in Canada in Legal Context
“Last week, Uber Canada and UFCW-Canada made a surprise announcement that they had reached “a historic national agreement” for representation rights affecting some 100,000 Uber workers in Canada. The “Agreement” has not …
Turkey’s flagship online food ordering company is failing to deliver on workers’ rights
“In April 2021 while delivering groceries in a dense suburb of Istanbul, Ahmet passed through a small puddle while making a turn. He slipped and fell from his motorbike, sustaining …
Supreme Court Blocks OSHA Standard, Leaves Workers Without COVID-19 Protection
“The justices fail to understand that workers — almost every worker — is at higher risk of contracting COVID-19 in the workplace than the average American. The Supreme Court, in …
When Algorithms Fire Humans
“Poor selfies, rainy days, and locked gates – all are reported triggers for the auto-firing of delivery personnel by Amazon’s Flex app, and all follow events beyond the workers’ control. Meanwhile, no appeal to …
Bringing precarity home: digitized piece work and the fiction of flexibility
“The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated a global transition to digital mediation of work. For some, this has meant work previously done at office desks can now be performed remotely. However …
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Chile: Nueva Ley Laboral “asegura” derechos muy difíciles de exigir
“La normativa crea dos categorías de trabajadores: dependientes e independientes. Los primeros están más protegidos. Pero, para integrar el grupo ‘dependiente’, el empleador tiene que estar de acuerdo; y, si …