IDLL

Institute of Development & Labour Law | Faculty of Law | | @uctlaw | Co-organizer of @AnnualLabourLaw Conference #ALLC2018

[Decent Work Regulation @UnacceptableFoW]

Enforcing labour standards is one of the most crucial challenges facing the global workforce amidst the pandemic. In our recent blog in @LSESocialPolicy, we discuss the hardship imposed by the crisis on garment industry workers worldwide.

https://t.co/IYiKebVtmM

[Decent Work Regulation @UnacceptableFoW]

A year ago, we were in Geneva at the fantastic #RDW2019 @ILO Geneva for our panel on Africa in the #FutureOfWork. Here, Limpho Mandoro @ILO_Pretoria telling a story about the garment sector in Lesotho. See the full panel discussion at https://t.co/hVnNbPiL8b. #Tbt

[IDLL @UCT_IDLL]

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[Marlese von Broembsen @marlesevb]

Article by Abigail Osiki of the Oxford + Univ of Western Cape #Fairwork project on platform work in Africa championing #labourlaw transcending it’s employee/independent contractor binary in favor of labour rights for all workers. *Critical* in context of covid-19. @SandraFredman

[Decent Work Regulation @UnacceptableFoW]

(1/2) Domestic workers in Mexico - 96% of whom do not have a formal contract of employment - are demanding the right to self-isolate and to full remuneration during the #COVID19 crisis.

[Decent Work Regulation @UnacceptableFoW]

International coordination is crucial to ensure that the needs are met of the millions of workers who will fall into crippling poverty if they lose their jobs.

https://t.co/t8evUKaztC

[Decent Work Regulation @UnacceptableFoW]

Watch our round table on Africa in the #FutureOfWork at the @ILO with panellists Natasja Ambrosio @MRPfashion, Limpho Mandoro @ilo_pretoria, @kelly_pike @GLRC_York and @marlesevb @WIEGOGLOBAL. Q&A with Darren Hutchinson @DreamscopeTV. https://t.co/naGiDABEDF

[Constitutional Court @ConCourtSA]

Judgment: The hierarchy during the retrenchment consultation process set out in section 189(1) of the Labour Relations Act does not limit the constitutional right to fair labour practices and is therefore constitutionally valid. (AMCU v Royal Bafokeng Platinum Limited)

[Constitutional Court @ConCourtSA]

Judgment tomorrow 10am: Does the hierarchy in the retrenchment consultation process set out in section 189(1) of the Labour Relations Act infringe the constitutional right to fair labour practices? (AMCU v Royal Bafokeng Platinum Limited)

[Decent Work Regulation @UnacceptableFoW]

Now out: our new report on Developmental Enforcement. On challenges to effective enforcement of labour standards in South Africa and Lesotho. Led by Shane Godfrey @UCT_IDLL with Collier, McCann, Pike, Ronnie and Osiki. Report and Executive Summary at https://t.co/n9T2R8EqOK.

[Decent Work Regulation @UnacceptableFoW]

2/10 The research was led by Shane Godfrey @UCT_IDLL together with Debbie Collier, Roger Ronnie and Abigail Osiki @UCTlaw @ProfMcCann @kelly_pike. It drew on a global multi-scalar dialogue in which stakeholders were directly involved in determining priorities and research design.

[Decent Work Regulation @UnacceptableFoW]

1/10 Our new report - Developmental Enforcement - is out. On the most urgent challenges to enforcement of public and private labour standards in South Africa and Lesotho. From our @GCRF funded project on DWR-Africa, a collaboration between @durham_uni @UctLaw @YorkU_SHRM.

[ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social @ODI_Global]

📖 New research explores the impact of the #gigeconomy on female workers' lives in #Kenya 🇰🇪 and #SouthAfrica 🇿🇦, and recommends ways policy-makers and platform companies can improve conditions and ensure high-quality work https://t.co/L79sqBA4Oj

[ODI's Digital Societies @DigiSoc_ODI]

🗓 Only 10 days to go!

Sign up below to attend our expert discussion at @ODIdev on creating opportunities for young women in #Africa and the potential of #digital technologies.👇

#BoomingAfrica

https://t.co/BUN7xqyUAB

[WIEGO @WIEGOGLOBAL]

Interested in law & the #informaleconomy?

Our latest issue of "Law & #Informality Insights" shares recent publications & resources that focus on informal workers gaining recognition & rights as workers: https://t.co/elexolbMLT

#labourlaw #humanrights #workersrights

[SERI @SERI_RightsSA]

[PRESS CONFERENCE] #DomesticWorkers head to @ConCourtSA to challenge their exclusion from workmen’s compensation. Members of the media are invited to a press conference on Thursday, 10h00 at our Braamfontein offices. See link for more | #COIDA

| https://t.co/GnMDOYa2pp

[RachelM @RMoussie]

#RDW2019 Useful comparison by Manuela Tomei @ilo of homework and domestic work as two major sources of work for women in the informal economy "grounded on a sexist division of labour and patriarchal control system"

[Decent Work Regulation @UnacceptableFoW]

Final session at #RDW2019: Global Commission on the Future of Work: Work for a Brighter Future at @ILO. With @khalid_nadvi, @lauraabcarvalho, Nicholas A Ashford, and Virginia Doellgast. Moderated by Damian Grimshaw.