Opinion/Commentary

By Miranda Kitterlin-Lynch, Florida International University By Violence and harassment on the job are all too common: More than 1 in 5 workers worldwide have experienced it, according to the …

Alberta continues to be creative with its fines for workplace safety incidents — and it’s a path other jurisdictions in Canada should be going down when it comes to penalizing …

By Jen Kostuchuk, University of Victoria and Anelyse Weiler, University of Victoria Imagine working during a heat wave, standing over a boiling hot stove in a busy restaurant with no …

By Helen Wadham, Manchester Metropolitan University; Carlos Monterrubio, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, and Kate Dashper, Leeds Beckett University The extraordinary sight of five horses galloping through London, sweating …

By Asher Flynn, Monash University; Anastasia Powell, RMIT University, and Lisa J. Wheildon, Monash University Sexual harassment is often considered to be a person-to-person act, but new research shows Australians …

Retail giants are often viewed as villains. But a recent move by Walmart Canada to defend two of its employees in a workplace human rights complaint is worth lauding — …

By Michael Z. Green, Texas A&M University What factors must a court consider when the National Labor Relations Board requests an order requiring an employer to rehire terminated workers before …

By Temitope Lawal, Bond University The rules of legal practice are highly localised. Every country sets rules that determine how lawyers qualify professionally and what they are allowed to do. …

I’ve written a lot of stories over the years about legal missteps by employers and the damages that can cause to workers, reputation, and the bottom line. But every once …