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Informal Employment and Challenges for Labour Law

Kamala Sankaran

From the book, The Idea of Labour Law . The book articulates a new way of conceptualizing labor law and its future by some of the world's leading labor scholars

Toward a Decent Work Regime for Informal Employment in Ghana: Some Preliminary Considerations

Dzodzi Tsikata

Recognizing Domestic Workers, Regulating Domestic Work: Conceptual, Measurement, and Regulatory Challenges

Marty Chen

Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Reflections on Recent Approaches to Tackle Informality

Manuela Tomei

Rethinking Labor Law in the New Commonwealth Caribbean Economy: A Framework for Change

Rose-Marie Antoine

Abstract: This article questions the philosophical underpinnings and current manifestation of the “inherited contract model” of labor law as applied in Caribbean countries adhering to the the British common law tradition. It begins by presenting a historical perspective on Caribbean labor -...

Corporations and Human Rights Law: The Emerging Consensus and its Effects on Women’s Employment Rights

Tiana O’Konek

Abstract: This article argues that the state-centered nature of international law means that corporations are not sufficiently held accountable for violating international human rights law. Part I uses the female-dominated garment industry to illustrate this governance gap. It that industry, intense...

Left behind to farm? Women's labor reallocation in rural China

Ren Mu, Dominique van de Walle

New Governance and the Role of Public and Private Monitoring of Labor Conditions: Sweatshops and China Social Compliance for Textile and Apparel Industry/CSC9000T

Paul Harper

Abstract: In this article, the author analyzes the monitoring and enforcement of labor standards in China, as well as the actions of government and outside actors to strengthen the implementation of those standards. Part I analyzes implementation problems through the case of occupational safety and...

Community Unionism in Africa: The Case of Mozambique

Pauline Dibben, Sara Nadin

Abstract: This article focuses on the relationship between ASSOTSI, an informal economy organisation, and OTM, a national federation of trade unions. ASSOTSI represents 40,000 informal workers, the majority of whom are women. The members include business owners; self-employed; and informal employees...

The contested spatialities of transnational activism: gendered gatekeeping and gender struggles in an African association of informal workers

Ilda Lindell

Abstract: This article examines the gender roles and the related tensions in an association of informal vendors in Maputo, and in an international organisation of vendors. The vendors‟ organisation in Maputo has mainly women members, but the leadership consists almost exclusively of men. While the...