‘Master and Servers’: Collective Labour Rights and Private Government in the Contemporary World of Work

This paper explores the issues of subordination and authority in the contemporary world of work as they are exacerbated by new forms of work-surveillance that track emotions and mental states …

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RONDA L. DAVIS et al., Kläger, gegen DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Beklagte.

[1] Unterschiedliche Auswirkungen Eine Klasse ehemaliger Mitarbeiter der Kinder- und Familiendienste von District of Columbia kann mit ihrer Behauptung fortfahren, dass sie während einer Ermäßigung entlassen wurden…

"WARUM MÖCHTEN SIE RUHEN?" Andauernder Missbrauch von Hausangestellten im Katar

„In diesem Bericht wird untersucht, wie die schwerwiegenden Mängel in den Gesetzen, Richtlinien und Umsetzungssystemen von Katar die am stärksten gefährdeten Menschen des Landes - die Frauenarmee - zum Scheitern bringen.

Eight years after the Ali Enterprises factory fire in Pakistan, victims and their families are still fighting for justice

On 22 September 2020, almost exactly eight years after Pakistan’s worst industrial fire officially killed 264 garments workers and injured over 60 others in the commercial capital of Karachi, an anti-terrorism court …

Labour Protections for Overseas Chinese Workers: Legal Framework and Judicial Practice

The launch of China’s Belt and Road Initiative has brought attention to the dispatch of Chinese workers overseas. These vulnerable migrants are often charged high fees in China only to …

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Verzweiflung nutzen: Einkaufspraktiken von Bekleidungsmarken während Covid-19

It has been seven months since the Covid-19 pandemic upended global garment supply chains, as buyers abruptly – and retroactively – canceled orders, and suppliers and workers’ rights organizations called …

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Earth’s New Gilded Era

The world is getting hotter, and the divide between rich and poor is getting bigger. Consider the cantaloupe. It’s a decent melon. If you, like me, are the sort who constantly …

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No #MeToo for Women Like Us” Poor Enforcement of India’s Sexual Harassment Law

“In 1992, Bhanwari Devi, a government social worker in the north Indian state of Rajasthan, was gang-raped in front of her husband by higher caste neighbors angered by her efforts …

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EUROPEAN SOCIAL DIALOGUE IN THE COURT OF JUSTICE: An Amicus curiae workshop on the EPSU case

The General Court ruling in the EPSU case has been considered by the majority of legal doctrine as highly unsatisfactory in its results, as well as poorly supported in its …

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Economies of care or abuse? COMPANY BEHAVIOUR IN MEXICO DURING COVID-19

“The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing inequalities and human rights abuses in Mexico. The response of federal and local governments as well as business have been widely discussed in the …

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