Dear friends and readers, The concept of work – and what we referred to as ‘non-work’ – is constantly evolving, making it complex to define the boundaries between its many forms – formal, informal, productive, reproductive, voluntary, and free. Reality…
Two positions (PhD and postdoc) are open to join our research team to work on the RethinkingWork (2025-2030) project funded by the European Research Council at the Centre de droit public et social. The project aims to develop concrete proposals…
Constructing Modern Slavery: Law, Capitalism and Unfree Labour, in late January 2025 by Cambridge University Press.Judy Fudge Professor Focusing on unfree labour associated international immigration and global supply chains, the book provides a novel socio-legal genealogy of the concept ‘modern…
We are pleased to announce that the 11th ISLSSL International Seminar will take place at Ca’ Foscari University Venice from May 21-24, 2025 with the topic “Human rights and Business: bridging responsibility and sustainability.”We expect to send the final program…
On behalf of ADAPT , the coordinator of the *BROADVOICEresearch project* , I am pleased to share with you a call for abstracts for the upcoming conference, *Advancing Industry 5.0: Building Skills, Enhancing Employee Voice and Driving Workplace Innovation*. This…
Law Academy is once again organizing the International Congress – Labour 2030. The third edition will return to the city of Porto on September 11 and 12, 2025. We would like to inform you that the call for papers is…
Issue 2/2024 of the HSI Report on European Labour and Social Security Law has now been published. It presents an overview of the current proceedings and the new judgments before the CJEU and the ECtHR. The report covers the period…
We are happy to share the final program for the upcoming Panoptiwork Conference, happening on 2 December 2024, from 9:30 to 16:30 at the Röling Building (Faculty of Law, Oude Boteringestraat 18, Groningen). The day will begin with a keynote…
Description: Misclassification of employees as independent contractors is widespread. This article aims to make two contributions. My first goal is to sharpen the explanation of why misclassifications persist; I argue that three well-known problems – the indeterminacy of employee status…