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The UK Modern Slavery Act: more for the ‘saviours’ than the ‘saved’

“Whose reality counts?” the author and professor of development Robert Chambers once asked. His reflections on participation should be incorporated into all areas of public policy. This past Tuesday the UK …

Gig economy: worker loses Pimlico Plumbers holiday pay claim

A heating engineer who won a claim against Pimlico Plumbers at the supreme court, establishing he was a worker and not self-employed, has lost his bid to claim £74,000 in holiday pay …

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“Do Immigrants Trust Trade Unions? A Study of 18 European Countries” (United Kingdom; European Union; United States)

This article examines, via systematic cross-national empirical analysis of migrants’ attitudes in Western Europe, whether unions have been able to gain the trust of migrants, as expressed by the migrants …

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UK: “A band aid on a gaping wound: Taylor and modern working practices” – a review article of “Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices”

In a critique of “Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices” by Matthew Taylor (the “Taylor Review”), Phil Taylor focuses on what he believes are some shortcomings of …

UK: Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd v Crawford [2019] EWCA Civ 269, [2019] WLR(D) 127 (05 March 2019)

This appellate decision, published by the England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) (“EWCA”) on Appeal from the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the United Kingdom (“U.K.”), concerned whether employees …

UK: London Underground Ltd v Amissah & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 125 (19 February 2019), Case No: A2/2017/0040

This decision was published by the [England and Wales] Court of Appeal (Civil Division) (“EWCA”) on Appeal from the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the United Kingdom (“UKEAT”), based upon the …

“Are employers doing enough to support employees who have caring responsibilities?” (United Kingdom; England; Scotland; Wales; Northern Ireland)

This story reviews “Juggling work and unpaid care: a growing issue,” an online poll undertaken from December 28, 2018 through January 4, 2019, and the poll’s accompanying report, which was …

France, UK: “Global Framework Agreements and Trade Unions as Monitoring Agents in Transnational Corporations”

Based on a qualitative analysis of ten French multinational companies, this article pursues an empirical investigation that presents the authors’ view of what a global framework agreement should be. The …

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Pregnant then screwed: how gagging contracts are used to silence sacked mothers

In the months since the Harvey Weinstein story broke and the #MeToo movement exploded, there has been a growing awareness of the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), in some cases, …

Independent review of the Modern Slavery Act: Second Interim Report

In July 2018, the Home Secretary, at the request of the Prime Minister, announced a review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The members of the review are Frank Field …

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