Description: In 1998, Core Labour Standards have been elevated to the status of “fundamental principles and rights at work” by the International Labour Organization, on the justification that they are enshrined within the core values of the international labour law…
Description: This paper is available at: ABSTRACT: Historically, in Canada, labour law has not only failed to protect Indigenous working people from the exclusionary logic of (colonization-induced) market capitalism but also marginalized (peripheral and vulnerable) working people among the…
Description: An article by Maayan Niezna and Guy Davidov This article considers the problem of questionable consent in contracts of employment. We suggest that in the context of employment, consent should be understood as a continuum that includes some level…
Description: International Symposium on New Perspectives on Worker Subordination at Osgoode Hall Law School (Toronto). We are pleased to share the videos and the transcription of that discussion, available at this link: For those interested in this topic, some…
Description: Sara Slinn, “Collective Representation and Bargaining for Self-Employed Workers: Final Report” (Employment and Social Development Canada, 2021). Commissioned Reports, Studies and Public Policy Documents. Paper 220. Abstract This report seeks to identify and discuss feasible models for collective…
Description: In 2011, the European Union (EU) concluded the first of a ‘new generation’ of free trade agreements that contained a separate chapter with obligations relating to ‘trade and sustainable development’ (TSD) issues. This was the Free Trade Agreement with…
Description: Forthcoming in the Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal – The position of courts in the architecture of enforcement in UK labour law presents something of a paradox. On the one hand, the courts are almost completely invisible as…
Description: Accessible at: The crisis which arose suddenly at the beginning of 2020 relating to coronavirus was immediately centred on risk. Predictions had to be made swiftly regarding how it would spread, who it might affect and what measures…
Description: Working through platforms is a recent but fast-growing phenomenon, with obvious implications for workers’ rights. Discussions have so far focused on the status of platform-based workers, but, recently, a growing consensus is emerging by courts around the world that…