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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 […]
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 […]
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. https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/reports/220 Abstract This […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/law/research/COVID-19%20at%20Work%20Exposing%20how%20risk%20is%20assessed%20and%20its%20consequences%20in%20England%20and%20Sweden.pdf 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 […]
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 […]
‘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: https://brill.com/view/journals/ilrc/7/3/article-p257_257.xml. An ad hoc Panel of Experts has determined for the first time that a free trade partner of the European […]
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 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ1Pkvwc3H4 * […]
A Research Agenda for the Gig-Economy and Society – VIDEO
Description: For a video of the contributions to this workshop – see A Research Agenda for the Gig-Economy and Society – VIDEO link – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7HE0Kk30bUVz-bRKI6Xy2AvWhU_wIX9w
SDG 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
Description: New article on SDG 8 – Decent work and economic growth Professor Ulla Liukkunen examines “SDG 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth” from a private international law perspective in […]
Impacts of Digitalisation on Employment Relationships and the Need for more Democracy at Work
Description: Kurt Pärli, Impacts of Digitalisation on Employment Relationships and the Need for more Democracy at Work, Industrial Law Journal, 2021 – available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/indlaw/dwaa029