The Reconciliation Project of 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…
Consent in Contracts of Employment
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…
International Symposium on New Perspectives on Worker Subordination at Osgoode Hall Law School (Toronto)
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…
Collective Representation and Bargaining for Self-Employed Workers: Final Report
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…
Not That Assertive: The EU’s Take on Enforcement of Labour Obligations in Its Free Trade Agreement with South Korea
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…
LABOUR CONSTITUTIONALISM: EFFECTIVE JUDICIAL PROTECTION AS A CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE IN UK LABOUR LAW
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…
COVID-19 at Work: Exposing how risk is assessed and its consequences in England and Sweden: University of Bristol Research Paper Series 01/22
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…
Flexibility, Choice and Labour Law: The Challenge of On-Demand Platforms
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…
‘And So It Begins: Trade and Sustainable Development Recommendations by a Panel of Experts under a European Union Free Trade Agreement’
Description: This publication is available on open access at: An ad hoc Panel of Experts has determined for the first time that a free trade partner of the European Union violated sustainable development obligations under the new generation of…
Opening and closing ceremonies from LLRN 5 DIGITAL ONLINE CONTENT
Description: The videos from the opening and closing ceremony of the LLRN conference are now available. These are as follows:# * Opening ceremony part 1 – Greetings – * Opening ceremony part 2 – Bob Hepple Award – …