The emergence of the platform economy has served as a defining feature of increasing fragmented labour markets in modern economies. Recent research on platform work, however, has struggled to quantify the socio-economic conditions of platform workers relative to other occupation groups....

In 2015, California consumers filed eight consumer-protection class actions against corporations (including Nestlé USA, Hershey, Mars, and Costco) for alleged abuses within their supply chains. All eight were dismissed. This Note analyzes these cases and labels them "the Early Eight." This Note...

In 2020, the UK Supreme Court will hear an appeal in the Uber case, which has become a bellwether for labour rights in the ‘gig economy.’ Less celebrated is another appeal – Mencap – that will determine care workers’ entitlement to the minimum wage in overnight shifts. This paper...

The Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration, initiated by the Business and Human Rights Arbitration Working Group, aims to create an international private judicial dispute resolution avenue available to parties involved in business and human rights issues, thereby helping to address...

Labour markets in the euro area in 2020 Q2 were severely affected by the COVID 19 lockdown measures. In this context, the conventional concepts of employment and unemployment are insufficient to describe labour market developments. Job retention schemes averted potential redundancies and...

This paper analyzes the potential of the agroprocessing sector to create jobs in Africa, based on the evidence from Ethiopia, Ghana and Tunisia. The analysis uses both primary qualitative data and secondary quantitative data on formal firms and workers in the agroprocessing sector and shows how...

This publication provides an overview of the CSRs in the field of employment and social policies and an update of previous ETUI research on the subject. This year’s CSRs present substantial novelties compared to the previous European Semester cycles. A first set of new elements derives from...

Employers and employment systems have been inflexible when it comes to accommodating a woman’s dual role as childbearer and employee. This inflexibility is a frustrating inconvenience and harsh reality that women must confront daily. Women are being passed over for promotions, fired for...

Originally, anchoring labour rights to the existence of a personal relationship of subordination was functional to prevent the greater bargaining strength of the employed being disproportionately reflected in the terms and conditions regulating the provision of labour. This does not seem anymore...

Social and labour policies have a significant relevance for the European Union’s (EU)economic agenda. First, it is generally assumed that lifting labour law rigidities helpsfirms to increase their competitiveness on the market. Labour market flexibility is indeeddeemed to create a favourable...