“Last March, the European Parliament approved a legislative initiative on due diligence. According to the Parliament, this initiative “paves the way” for legislation requiring “companies to address human rights and …
Commentary
Regulating algorithmic management: An assessment of the EC’s draft Directive on improving working conditions in platform work
“Policy recommendations: The draft Directive on improving working conditions in platform work (Platform Work Directive) clarifies the employment status and working conditions of platform workers. Importantly, it also focuses on …
The Street Vendor Act in India: what is still to be achieved for women vendors
“Street vendors form an integral part of the Indian economy—most of the population depends on hawkers for affordable goods and services. By making goods and services available at doorsteps, or …
Safety at work: a trojan horse for new monitoring technologies?
“In Stanley Kubrick’s masterful film 2001: A Space Odyssey, the supercomputer HAL 9000 (heuristically programmed algorithmic computer) uses artificial intelligence to detect emotion and suffering, and controls all of a …
Legislating to Rebuild Worker Power: The Industrial Relations Reforms We Need from the Albanese Labor Government
“Industrial relations reform has been a highly contested area of Australian public policy for the last 30 years. But let’s focus on the period since the last Labor Government brought …
US ‘Flexible Work’ Bill Would Spell Disaster for Rights in Gig Economy
In the United States, a trio of lawmakers has launched an assault on the rights of gig workers, proposing a law that effectively excludes them,and many others who work on-demand, from the …
Ukraine could abandon key labour principle as part of EU drive
The Ukrainian government intends to abandon its long-held principle of consulting trade unions and employers’ associations over policy as part of the country’s drive to join the EU, draft plans …
The Flexibility to Be Paid in Chicken Sandwiches
Last week, a Chick-fil-A franchise in Hendersonville, North Carolina made news by asking for “volunteers” to work at the store’s drive-through window at a rate of five entrees (and zero dollars) …
An Assessment of the EU’s Draft Guidelines on the Application of EU Competition Law to Collective Agreements of the Solo Self-Employed
“On December 9, 2021, the European Commission published its draft Guidelines on collective bargaining for solo self-employed persons. The Guidelines aim to remove existing competition law restrictions to collective bargaining …
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Heading in the Wrong Direction: ‘Global Britain’ and ILO Standards on Industrial Action
Global Britain’ is the ambitious term used by the UK Government for describing Britain’s place in the world after Brexit. Attempts at definition have focused on its critical role as a defender of …