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Oct 9, 2024 | 
ier.org.uk | Nicola Countouris |European Law
In this series of blogposts the Institute of Employment Rights explores various policy dimensions associated with the delivery of Labour’s reform agenda in the domain of workers’ rights.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
socialeurope.eu | Nicola Countouris |Valerio De Stefano
Amazon’s office mandate exposes workplace power dynamics and the need to rethink employer control. In an abrupt move that has reignited debates about working from home, Amazon has recently ordered its white-collar employees to return to the office five days a week, abandoning any remnants of remote or hybrid work options.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
ier.org.uk | Alan L. Bogg |Nicola Countouris |European Law |Ruth Ellen Dukes
In the week before the Labour Party conference 2024, media reporting showed a deep confusion about Day One Rights and Probationary Periods. Business had been lobbying for new workers to be put on long periods of probation before they became permanent. The suggestion was that this would water down the commitment to Day One Rights. The Government did agree to a six-month maximum period of probation.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
ier.org.uk | Tony Burke |Nicola Countouris
A new report from the European global union UniEuropa which represents 270 unions and 7 million members working in service industries including communications, digital and tech, graphical, media, finance and commerce has published a new report backing the extension and European wide collective bargaining. It comes at an appropriate time as the European Minimum Wage Directive offers Europe’s unions an opportunity to rebuild trade union membership and power across Europe.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
ier.org.uk | Nicola Countouris |European Law |Tony Burke |James Harrison
In this series of blogposts the Institute of Employment Rights explores various policy dimensions associated with the delivery of Labour’s reform agenda in the domain of workers rights.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
ier.org.uk | Nicola Countouris |European Law |Alan L. Bogg |Ruth Ellen Dukes
In this series of blogposts the Institute of Employment Rights explores various policy dimensions associated with the delivery of Labour’s reform agenda in the domain of workers rights.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
ier.org.uk | Nicola Countouris |European Law |Tony Burke
In this series of blogposts the Institute of Employment Rights explores various policy dimensions associated with the delivery of Labour’s reform agenda in the domain of workers rights.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
ier.org.uk | Nicola Countouris |European Law |Tony Burke |Phil James
In this series of blogposts the Institute of Employment Rights explores various policy dimensions associated with the delivery of Labour’s reform agenda in the domain of workers rights.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca | Valerio De Stefano |Nicola Countouris |De Stefano
Keywords labour law, the law of work, non-domination, subordination, contract of employment, managerial prerogatives, employer and managerial authority, private government, personal work approach Abstract Despite the notion of subordination in work relations and the subjection of workers to the managerial prerogatives of employers have received significant consideration and discourse since the outset of labour law, critical examinations of the underlying foundations of such subordination and...
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
socialeurope.eu | Nicola Countouris
The distinction between employed and self-employed is becoming incoherent and outdated. The ‘gig’-economy directive, a critical legacy of social rights from this EU term, is being held up by some member states. Europe is undergoing multiple transitions. For these to succeed, social dialogue to build consensus will be essential. EU anti-discrimination law applies to all ‘personal work’—not just employment contracts—the Court of Justice has ruled. Remote work will outlast the pandemic.
