An Australian state is set to introduce a law supporting the right to work from home, and it’s already in place for some parents in Portugal. Should it happen elsewhere?
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Flex work is proving a nightmare for HR managers in France. A new study carried out in Kazakhstan offers insight for negotiating the grey areas of “telework” legislation.
In its governance structure, the modern workplace operates as a kind of mini dictatorship. But what if there were an actual legal right to workplace democracy?
The president has been acting with extraordinary speed – but whistleblower groups are now catching up.
Advances in technology mean employers can keep tabs on workers long after the workday has finished. New Zealand needs to follow global examples and strengthen workers rights beyond the workplace.
Unhappy workers who want to quit can’t be forced to work. But in some circumstances they can be penalised for breaching terms of their contract.
Three scholars who are writing a book about menopause and the law suggest ways to protect women experiencing it.
The Supreme Court on June 29, 2023, changed the definition of ‘undue hardship’ so that employers have to accommodate more of workers’ religious requests.
Improving the ability for worker’s voices and perspectives to be heard in the workplace could have wide ranging benefits for employers and broader society at large.
Public support for unions is at a near 60-year high. Meanwhile, self-organizers at major American chains are spearheading a new movement to mobilize.
How we get the balance right between using social media to hold people to account versus the risk of invading people’s privacy depends on the context, of course, and is ultimately about power.
For Canadians hoping to emerge from the pandemic with better jobs, a stronger economy and reduced inequality, employee ownership combined with employee participation is a promising way to get there.
A recent survey reveals only limited employee support for workplace vaccine mandates, underlining how challenging the policy will be for lawmakers and employers.
The legal ground in Australia for employers to insist that employees be vaccinated is murky.
In post-pandemic Canada, the media will play a big role in shaping public understanding of labour conditions. A future of work that is safe and equitable requires the voices of workers.
The British Supreme Court ruling in favour of Uber drivers offers some hope that gig workers, many of them immigrants, might finally be given basic rights. But there’s still lots of work to do.
Whether an employer can insist on vaccination as a condition of employment is an ambiguous legal question, as shown by two recent unfair dismissal cases.
On Wednesday, the government will introduce industrial relations legislation allowing businesses affected by COVID to be exempt from the Better Off Overall Test (BOOT) in enterprise agreements.
With the recession exposing more workers to the vagaries of gig work, it’s more urgent than ever to close the legal loopholes that deny workers employment rights.
Biometric data is forever. Any employer seeking to collect it has big obligations to meet. And employees have the right to object.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor of Business and Society, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria
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Senior Lecturer, Management and Organisations, UWA Business School, The University of Western Australia
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Professor in Human Resource Management and Employee Relations, Swinburne University of Technology
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Sessional Lecturer, Australian Catholic University
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Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Law, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Workplace and Business Law, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Employment Relations, Director of Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, University of Toronto
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Professor and Head of School of Communication, Journalism, and Marketing, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor and Director of Labor and Employment Studies, San Francisco State University
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Assistant Professor, Sociology, Acadia University
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Lecturer, Edith Cowan University
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Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Senior Lecturer, Management and Organisations, The University of Western Australia