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- 16th June 2020
On June 11, 2020, Madam Justice McKelvey concluded that the Public Services Sustainability Act (PSSA) violated the associational rights under s2(d) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and that such an infringement could not be justified. The claim was brought on behalf of a labour coalition comprised of the Manitoba Federation of Labour […]
Hetal Doshi - 3rd June 2020
On May 6, 2020, the Uttar Pradesh government, suspended 35 out of the 38 labour laws in the state for three years by enabling the Uttar Pradesh (Temporary Exemptions from Certain Labour Laws) Ordinance 2020 (“Ordinance”). This includes the Minimum Wages Act, The Trade Unions Act, The Industrial Disputes Act, The Factories Act etc. The […]
Amit Anand - 2nd June 2020
At a time when approximately 10 million labourers across India are left with no food or income and are trapped in different cities due to the nation-wide lockdown, a few states have made significant changes in the application of various labour laws in the country in the first week of May. The state of Uttar […]
Ewan McGaughey - 30th March 2020
The corona virus has triggered a stock market crash sharper and faster than the global financial crisis. It threatens a depression unless we aggressively protect social rights. Companies with plummeting share prices, or evaporating customers, are prone to individually rational, but socially irrational herd behaviour. Companies lose confidence and fire workers. Workers lose income, and […]
Aradhana Cherupara Vadekkethil - 15th March 2020
In August 2019, couriers working for Foodora Inc. (Foodora), a web services company that provides an online marketplace platform connecting consumers to restaurants, voted on whether to join the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), with the Board electing to seal the ballot box pending clarification of the couriers’ status. Unlike many other jurisdictions in […]
Aradhana Cherupara Vadekkethil - 15th March 2020
On 4th of March 2020, French Court of Cassation (the country’s highest court for civil matters) in a landmark ruling confirmed the Paris Court of Appeal’s finding that Uber drivers are employees. Mr. X had petitioned the industrial tribunal with a request to reclassify his contractual relations with Uber as an employment contract, and had […]
Oxford Living Wage Campaign - 6th March 2020
Last week, the University of Oxford announced its commitment to pay the Oxford Living Wage (OLW) to all of its employees starting August 1, 2020. Currently set at £10.21/hr, the OLW is set by the local city council to reflect the relatively higher cost of living in Oxford, one of the UK’s most unaffordable cities. […]
Fairuz Mullagee - 5th November 2019
In a recent South African High Court judgement, the court held the failure to cover domestic workers under Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA) to be unconstitutional. This finding could be a springboard for extending protection for occupational injuries to all precarious workers, including platform workers. Section 23 of the South African Constitution […]
Cormac Devlin - 1st November 2019
The UK Supreme Court’s judgment in Gilham demonstrates how human rights can be used to widen the class of individuals who benefit from employment rights (the “personal scope” of the rights). Further, the court’s reasoning evidences a shift away from contractual thinking in labour law. In a recent UK Supreme Court case, Gilham v MoJ, […]