New Zealand on the Verge of Implementing Pay Equity
Current New Zealand legislation prohibits gender discrimination in pay rates for men and women who perform identical roles. This narrow interpretation of equal pay may be effective in curbing directly...
Good News at Last from Downunder on “Zero Hours” Contracts?
The Guardian report on banning “zero hours contracts” in New Zealand accurately reflects the unexpected delight of trade union campaigners at the political volte-face which saw unanimous parliamentary support for...
Scalia’s Record on Labour Rights as Human Rights – Justice Denied
During Justice Scalia’s nearly thirty-year term, the Court decided nineteen private-sector labour cases in which the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was a party. Three cases concerned whether the Court/NLRB/President...
Gender Pay Gap Reporting: Will Transparency Lead to Change?
When David Cameron announced that his government would require large private sector employers to report on gender pay differences in their workplace, he said it would “cast sunlight on the...
Zero Hours – Zero Solutions
Over the course of the past year, we have repeatedly highlighted the problems facing workers on so-called ‘zero-hours contracts’ (‘ZHCs’), and criticised the government’s inadequate regulatory response in the Small...
Trafficking of human beings at the ECtHR: Broadening the protection of women and girls through Article 14
Two Spanish cases currently pending before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) illustrate the gaping lacuna in the protections extended to trafficked women on the continent. They also, however,...
A Right to Change Employer for Overseas Domestic Workers
Theresa May, the UK Home Secretary, presented the adoption of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 as a ‘historic milestone’, but many viewed it as a missed opportunity. During its drafting,...
Dignifying Movement: Advocating for Reform of Irish Labour Migration Policy
Migration is a global reality that has increasingly become the subject of academic and popular debate. Last week, Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) contributed to the discussion by publishing a...
Bob Hepple’s Legacy in Southern Africa
I would like to devote my tribute specifically to Bob’s legacy in Southern Africa. Simon Deakin in his tribute stated that Bob had two legal lives in which he distinguished...
Tyco: Travel, Working Time, Wages and the Route to Casualisation
As casualisation strategies proliferate in the wake of the global crisis, techniques are being devised to exclude discrete time-periods from the working day. Travel time is a disputed zone, especially...
Professor Sir Bob Hepple’s Contribution to Comparative Labour Law
As part of our special series paying tribute to the life and work of Professor Sir Bob Hepple, Silvana Sciarra recalls her personal experience of working with Bob Hepple in...
Prof. Sir Bob Hepple Q.C. (1934 – 2015)
Continuing our special series of posts paying tribute to the life and work of Professor Sir Bob Hepple QC, Manfred Weiss reflects on Bob Hepple’s extensive scholarship on labour law...
