Statutory Interpretation and the Limits of a Human Rights Approach: Royal Mail Group Ltd v Communication Workers Union

“In the 1998 white paper Fairness at Work, the recently elected New Labour Government famously declared that when it came to trade union law there would be no going back: …

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Employment Status, Tax and the Gig Economy—Improving the Fit or Making the Break?

“One particular issue is that of employment status and the differential amounts of tax and National Insurance paid by people providing their labour through different legal structures. Different structures also …

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A NEW JUDGMENT FROM THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ON TEMPORARY HIRING IN SPANISH PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, BASED ON ABUSE OF LAW

“The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has made public the long-awaited judgment on accumulated cases Sánchez Ruiz and Fernández Álvarez (judgment March 19, 2020, C-103/18 and C-429/18). …

Legislative approaches to nondiscrimination at work: a comparative analysis across 13 groups in 193 countries

“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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Business Views on Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Regulation: A Comparative Analysis of Two Recent Studies

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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 …

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