“There is a general consensus that cities and public transport will play a central role in the recovery from Covid-19. Some have called this the “urban opportunity”. From investments in …
Commentary
SOBRE LA PROPUESTA DE UN NUEVO PACTO MIGRATORIO EN LA UNIÓN EUROPEA
El objetivo declarado de este “Nuevo” Pacto migratorio es asentar las políticas migratorias de la Unión alrededor de un “un sistema que gestione y normalice la migración a largo plazo y que …
Amidst the trend towards mandatory due diligence, the Bangladesh Accord model should not be abandoned
The beginning of the previous decade marked an important milestone for business and human rights. The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) were adopted in 2011, introducing the concept …
Mencap and Uber in the Supreme Court: Working Time Regulation in an Era of Casualisation
“In recent weeks, two long-awaited UK Supreme Court judgments have offered strikingly divergent reflections on the meaning and parameters of working time. In Uber, the Court held a group of private …
Uber’s UK U-turn: the exploitative gig economy employment model is not dead but it may be at an inflection point
“Under normal circumstances, any company making a bombastic declaration that it will partially respect a court decision would be met with a chorus of derision. Yet, Uber’s announcement on 16 March 2021 that …
After Uber: Purposive Interpretation and the Future of Contract
The Uber BV v Aslam [2021] UKSC 5 (‘Uber (SC)’)judgment from the Supreme Court represents the final chapter in the long-running saga of determining the employment status of drivers who provided trips …
Law and Organizing for Countervailing Power
“Readers of this blog need no reminder of the pervasive inequalities that define American society. Nor do readers need to be convinced that a perverse concentration of wealth has had …
Garment Workers Win Historic Victory in Effort to Transform Fashion Industry
In March 2020, Amanda Lee McCarty was laid off from her job. For years, she had been working in the fashion industry as a buyer and product developer. But as …
Is the Jamaican government giving BPO investors the “green light to disregard labour laws”?
“With tens of thousands of jobs linked to the tourism sector lost due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Jamaican government has heralded the island’s fast-expanding business process outsourcing (BPO) sector …
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“There must be zero tolerance of modern slavery in the shipping industry”
“When International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) inspector Darren Proctor visited the Panama-flagged Tahsin in Gloucestershire, UK, in July 2017, he found evidence of the Turkish, Georgian and Indian crew drinking seawater as …