“There is international agreement on the fundamental importance of ending discrimination at work, with commitments to ending discrimination at work embedded in the Sustainable Development Goals (United Nations, 2016), the …
Scholarly Article
Between Sein and Sollen of Labour Law: Civil (and Constitutional) Law Perspectives on Platform Workers
The ability of today’s capitalism to organise traditional means of production in unheard forms by powerful algorithms and digital devices, raises issues for labour law when the nature of the …
Suspension of Labour Rights during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Possible Implications under the Revised Draft
“Many state governments of India have amended their labour laws in the wake of the economic crisis posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Uttar Pradesh (UP) is one state that has …
REGIONAL CASE STUDY – From Bosnia and Herzegovina to Austria via Slovenia: migration and posting of third country nationals in the EU
“In this report we investigate the main characteristics of the trend of posting third country nationals to work in the EU construction sector. The report focuses on the specific regional …
Business Views on Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Regulation: A Comparative Analysis of Two Recent Studies
https://doi.org/10.1017/bhj.2020.10
Human Rights Violations of Migrant Workers in India During Covid-19 Pandemic
This article deals with the several cases of human rights violations of migrant workers that has occurred in India during the Covid-19 pandemic. Specifically, the article addresses issues highlighting police …
DESPITE THE BINARY: LOOKING FOR POWER OUTSIDE THE EMPLOYEE STATUS
“In both labor law and employment law, worker power is viewed as a binary. Workers are either classified as “employees” who hold labor and employment law’s preferred protections, or they …
From Morocco and Tunisia to Belgium via Italy: migration and posting of third country nationals (Regional Case Study)
“Over the last fifteen years Belgium has been one of the main destinations for posted workers, together with Germany and France. This growth has been absorbed particularly by the construction …
Lockdown Woes: The Dismal State of Domestic Workers in India
This article specifically focusses on the harassment and violence faced by live-in female domestic workers during the lockdown brought about in India due to Covid- 19. “Live-in workers” have been …
May Day 2020: COVID Pandemic Places Spotlight on Seven Glaring Labour Rights Issues (India)
The article addresses the effects of the national lockdown on workers and the related issues prevalent in India related to labor rights as on 2020 May day. The article specifically …
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