The evolution in understanding privacy and personal data
Visitors to major cities will become familiar with colour coding of the various means of transportation: for example, yellow cabs in New York…
The United Kingdom Supreme court confirmed on 13 June 2018 in the case of Pimlico v Smith what another three lower courts had already decided in the same case: that attempts by employers to label…
In April 2018, the Labour Tribunal of Turin, Italy, rejected a claim from six platform workers of the food-delivery company, Foodora, seeking to be reclassified as employees. In reaching his…
Deepening Precarity
Although it outlines rules for the workplace, employment regulation has also been imbued with perceived potential for economic stimulus. There has been an inherent tension in this…
On 19 and 20 March 2018 the XVIth annual Conference in Commemoration of Professor Marco Biagi took place in Modena, Italy. The conference is an interdisciplinary classic in the study of comparative…
This the fourth post in a series of posts commenting on the NAFTA renegotiation process. For Part I click here, for Part II click here, for Part III click here.
Reportedly, another thorny…
Introduction
On 21 February 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union interpreted the notion of ‘working time’ mentioned in the European Working Time Directive (2003/88). The Court stated that…
Tilting at windmills?
Innovations in information technology can be both positive and negative when applied to the workplace. On the positive side, there is an extended reach for individuals in any…
This the third post in a series of posts commenting on the NAFTA renegotiation process. For Part I click here, for Part II click here.
The rule of origin for conferring duty-free treatment to…
Recently, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has put privacy in the workplace back to our attention. The fast pace of technological evolutions and the wide availability for consumers of…
