By Michael Iantorno, Concordia University Two labour organizations in Québec, Game Workers Unite (GWU) Montréal and the trade union Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), have announced they’re partnering for a…
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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…
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Occupational Health & SafetyOpinion/Commentary
Finding good in the bad: Alberta’s creative sentences for OHS incidents create legacy of safety improvement
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…
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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…
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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…
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Opinion/Commentary
Tech-based sexual harassment at work is common, male-dominated and often intended to cause harm
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…
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Opinion/Commentary
Masked defenders: Walmart Canada steps up, takes heat off employees in human rights fight
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 —…
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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…
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Opinion/Commentary
Technology makes it easy for lawyers to work across borders: regulations should too
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.…
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By Jennifer Saul, University of Waterloo A bridge in Baltimore collapsing, a door falling off an airplane and antisemitism — what do they have in common? In recent months, Diversity,…