By Samuel Farley, University of Sheffield; David Hughes, University of Manchester, and Karen Niven, University of Sheffield Sadly, most people will come across a workplace bully at some …
By David Silver, University of British Columbia Aspiring autocrats are increasingly pressuring businesses to co-operate with their quest for wealth and power, such as by demanding they direct corporate funds towards their personal enrichment or fire personnel who …
By Isabelle Dostaler, Université de l’Ontario français The recent labour dispute between Air Canada and its flight attendants pulled back the curtain on one of the airline industry’s longest-standing injustices: flight attendants are paid only when planes are …
By Deborah Widiss, Indiana University; Rachel Arnow-Richman, University of Florida; Stephanie Bornstein, Loyola Law School Los Angeles, and Tristin Green, Loyola Law School Los Angeles Since returning to office, President Donald Trump and his administration have waged a …
By Sara Dorow, University of Alberta For years, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has been sounding the alarm: climate change is having significant effects on the conditions, characteristics and availability of work. As wildfires and other extreme weather …
By Kam Phung, Simon Fraser University Despite growing awareness and legislation aimed at eradicating modern slavery — including forced labour, bonded labour and other extreme forms of human exploitation — efforts to combat the issue remain largely ineffective. The United Kingdom, …
When a construction firm in Ontario faced a workplace misconduct claim, it tried to build what it apparently thought was a solid defence — the notion that conduct between two men simply doesn’t qualify as sexual harassment under …
