The UCL Institute for Human Rights is hosting an event where experts from across UCL will discuss the KlimaSeniorinnen judgment, and what it means for the future of climate change litigation and European environmental policy

📅 Wednesday 1 May
⏰ 6pm
🎟️ Online or in person

1st May, ECHR climate seniors case - looking forward to it!

Can personal work relations in capitalist firms be reconciled with freedom as non-domination? In this new paper, Cindy Estlund and I have a go at an answer. It’s based on the idea of “legitimate economic authority”: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: UNISON win in UK Supreme Court to stop bad bosses from punishing striking workers

'The most important industrial action case for decades,' UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea

The government must now act quickly to change the law and ensure no other

This year's annual NOMOS conference is on 'Structural Injustice' at the University of Chicago in September. I'm acting as commentator to Sally Haslanger and much looking forward to it.

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After the 2022 success, very pleased to announce another The SLS collaborative PhD and ECR workshop on 20 June 2024 in Durham, led this time by Public Law convenors Jessie Blackbourn
and Elizabeth O'Loughlin alongside Labour, Migration and Human Rights mcusercontent.com/47624183ad52dd…

A new concept of worker, getting protection regardless of whether they are employed or self-employed is long overdue. EU law is increasingly moving in this direction, but much needs to be done. A new blog with Nicola Countouris and Lord Hendy KC socialeurope.eu/social-europe-…

I submitted evidence to the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery on the labour exploitation of incarcerated people.

Working prisoners in the UK and elsewhere are excluded from labour rights that other workers have. Very much looking forward to the final Report

The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 13 has been published today by UCL Press #OpenAccess 📙

Edited by UCL’s Bentham Project, the volume publishes all known correspondence to and from Bentham from 1 July 1828 until his death on 6 June 1832

ucl.ac.uk/laws/news/2024…

MLR General Editor Thomas Poole is available to talk via Zoom to law school academics and research students on submission processes in UK law journals, including the MLR. Email [email protected]

Visas created hastily to solve labour shortages as a result of Brexit have put workers at greater risk of modern slavery and exploitation - great to see this coverage of our research on care and agricultural workers by Emily Dugan theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

This is a very powerful piece on immigration law changes, introduced in 2012, that have been devastating for migrant domestic workers in the UK.

We particularly want to hear from Early Career Researchers & those with experience of the social security system. Please reach out to the working group if you'd like to discuss a presentation #ConferenceCall

Excited to be hosting with Adina Preda this two-day workshop on ‘Work and Equality’ in May. We have a great line up of speakers – come join us in Dublin!

Further details and registration link here: tinyurl.com/5bdmu977

New Blog Post!

In the heat of the moment : the statutory concept of dismissal and impulsive resignations

by Hugh Collins

uklabourlawblog.com/2024/03/26/in-…

Essential reading for all those interested in social Europe, trade union rights and social rights.
Uniquely capable of both offering a most accurate health check to the EU's social dimension and setting an agenda for social progress!
Congrats to the ETUI - European Trade Union Institute EUROPEAN TRADE UNIONS team 👏

⚖️ We've launched a new course on Human Rights in the Workplace

👥 Our 4-day Executive Education course considers the increasingly important role of human rights law in workplaces and the implications for workers, employers & businesses

🔗 Find out more: ucl.ac.uk/laws/short-cou…

Can workers lose their job because of social media posts? Do they have a right to strike or free speech?

This June, I teach an executive course UCL Faculty of Laws with Nicola Countouris George Letsas and Colm O'Cinneide where we’ll answer these questions and more.

ucl.ac.uk/laws/short-cou…