“In the shadow of the 2020 United States Presidential election, an important vote was also taking place about the employment status of gig workers. In 2019, the California Legislature had …
Scholarly Article
Assessing the Effectiveness of Non-State-Based Grievance Mechanisms in Providing Access to Remedy for Rightsholders: A Case Study of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
“This article explores different approaches to assessing the effectiveness of non-state-based non-judicial grievance mechanisms (NSBGMs) in achieving access to remedy for rightsholders. It queries the approach that has been widely …
[Spain] Comments on the European Court of Justice decision dated January 26th, 2021 (declaring that denying an allowance only to disabled workers who filed their disabilities certificate before a specified date, but not to those who did so after such date, constitutes discrimination prohibited by EU Law).
This article analyzes the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) decision C‑16/19 on whether the prohibition against discrimination of workers with disabilities contained in Directive 2000/78 is circumscribed to comparative situations …
Wages: An Overlooked Dimension of Business and Human Rights in Global Supply Chains
Wages – the monetary payments that workers receive from employers in exchange for their labour – are widely overlooked in academic and policy debates about human rights and business in …
The Labour Law Framework: Self-Employed and Their Right to Bargain Collectively
“This paper focuses on the right to collective bargaining of self-employed workers vis-à-vis antitrust law under a European and International perspective. It argues that the current approach of the Court …
The Labour Law Framework: Self-Employed and Their Right to Bargain Collectively
This paper focuses on the right to collective bargaining of self-employed workers vis-à-vis antitrust law under a European and International perspective. It argues that the current approach of the Court …
Human Rights Disclosure and Due Diligence Laws: The Role of Regulatory Oversight in Ensuring Corporate Accountability
“The proliferation of human rights disclosure and due diligence laws around the globe is a welcome development in the area of business and human rights. Corresponding improvement in conditions for …
CORONAVIRUS AND TURBULENCE IN BRAZILIAN LABOR LAW: AN ANALYSIS ON THE MAIN LEGAL CHANGES DURING THE PANDEMIC
“The Brazilian Labor Law is based on the Federal Constitution (CF) of 1988 and the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT) of 1943, as well as laws governing specific themes, such …
A fascinating chapter in the “gig” saga. How to deliver decent work to platform workers in Italy?
This paper has been prepared for the Peer Review on “Platform Work” within the framework of the Mutual Learning Programme. It provides a comparative assessment of the policy example of …
Implications of CETA and TTIP on Social Standards
“The impact on European social standards of the trade agreements CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) and TTIP (Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) has become the subject of a broad …
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