Two Frameworks for Employee Data Empowerment

The Yale Law Journal Forum recently hosted a collection of essays under the rubric of “Reimagining and Empowering the Contemporary Workforce.” Two of these works deal specifically with the challenges for workers …

Negotiating Tech: An Inventory of U.S. Union Contract Provisions for the Digital Age

This searchable inventory documents how unions have addressed workplace technologies through collective bargaining. It includes provisions from more than 175 agreements, drawn from a review of over 500 contracts, and …

Trump’s Department of Labor Continues Its Onslaught against Workers

The Trump administration is doubling down on the president and his Department of Labor’s (DOL) deep hostility toward workers. Over the past six months, Donald Trump, his inaptly named Department …

Modern Slavery Bill – New Zealand

This Bill establishes an Anti-Slavery Commissioner as an independent Crown entity. It also requires reporting entities to report on how they identify, address, mitigate, and remediate incidents and risks of …

The Future of Corporate Liability: Why the ‘Failure to Prevent’ Model Matters for Human Rights Due Diligence Regulation

The ‘failure to prevent’ model is a legal construct under which a corporate entity can be held strictly liable for failing to prevent certain unlawful acts (typically committed by associated …

Just transitions in national climate frameworks and climate policies: Experiences in alignment, planning and progress tracking

This report by the KCI reviews the coverage of just transition in nationally determined contributions and long-term low-emission development strategies, implementation within key sectors, and tracking its progress. From the …

Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal: The Right to Strike Issue

In this thematic issue, the contributors demonstrate the past and contemporary relevance of a right to strike. Some authors do so with reference to the long-standing role that such an …

Weaponising the Labour Codes

In early 2024, the provincial governments of Punjab and Sindh in Pakistan unveiled the draft Labour Codes that seek to repeal 25 existing labour laws and replace them with unified, …

Trade unions and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) A guide for involvement

This Guide aims at supporting trade unions in influencing the NDCs. It has been drafted by Claire La Hovary (ACTRAV), with the support of Lene Olsen (ACTRAV), and has benefited …

Collective bargaining and collective action in the platform economy: A 2024 update of developments in legislation, case law and collective agreements

This working paper was prepared in 2024 and reviews developments internationally since 2021 relating to the exercise of the right to bargain collectively and the existence of collective agreements among …