Ride-sharing app Uber is facing a new wave of legal claims after a landmark ruling on work conditions. But any triumphalism is deeply premature.
Articles on Worker rights
Displaying 41 - 56 of 56 articles
Life is a lot different for the flexible working creative class and the call centre worker on a zero-hours contract.
A High Street store may give Theresa May the model for bolstering the role of employees in how companies are run.
The government’s changes to the so called “backpacker tax” will mean these holidaying workers will have less super than other temporary workers in Australia, creating even more inequality.
The roll out of the NDIS means disability service providers and the people they employ are exposed to more market forces and this could result in protection for workers.
Moves to criminalise sex work are facing tough opposition from those in the industry.
Sacked from your job and never told why. Is this the new normal for some workers in Britain?
We already know the solutions to stem the exploitation of migrant workers, and they involve changes at both the employer and government level.
A significant share of the workforce wakes up every day without knowing at what time they’ll work – or even if they will earn anything at all.
Here’s what really needs to happen to make work healthier.
Recent cases of tweets by a Boston University professor about racism and others have raised questions about what might be the limits to academic freedom.
When reports surface that a drugs syndicate might control an airport’s baggage handlers, it’s time to look at the pressure points for what is a precarious job – and a serious security threat.
British orgainsed labour has remained relevant despite the onslaught suffered during the 1980s, but it lacks the institutional structure that would make the future secure.
Clothes manufacturing in the UK has seen a striking revival since 2007. Not only have new business models come onto the scene, particularly with the growth of online retailers, their actual manufacture…
As the directors of Oldham Athletic football club consider their options over the possible hiring of Ched Evans, the case of the convicted rapist trying to go back to work has thrown up a catalogue of…
It was meant to be a new dawn. Since June 30 this year all UK employees have been granted the right to request flexible working. It is clearly an important step in the battle to achieve some…
Top contributors
-
Affiliate Research Associate, School of Political and Social Sciences, University of Glasgow
-
Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
-
Associate Professor of Business and Society, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria
-
Associate Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Regina
-
Faculty Lecturer and Academic Program Co-ordinator, Supply Network and Aviation Management, McGill University
-
PhD candidate, Labour Studies, McMaster University
-
Professor of Employment Relations & HR Management, University of Birmingham
-
Reader in Organisational Behaviour, University of Liverpool
-
Policy Director, Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute and Adjunct Principal Research Fellow, RMIT University
-
University Teacher in History, Loughborough University
-
Senior Lecturer Human Resource Management, University of Huddersfield
-
Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
-
Director of Studies, Loughborough University
-
Professor of Management and Sociology, Vanderbilt University
-
Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, Melbourne; and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University