Date of Publication: 2018
This is a first in what the author hopes will be a series of practical articles about the nut and bolts of
setting up a worker cooperative. In this first article, the author is going to take a look at an important
but poorly-understood subject: minimum profit plow-back rules. [View resource]
Cooperative nuts and bolts: minimum profit plow-back rules Read More »
Author: Ballim F. and Breckenridge K.
Date of Publication: 2018
The importance of collections running into hundreds of millions of carefully assembled examples for
training machine learning algorithms raises the obvious question of whether the relative absence of
data places the African continent beyond the operations of artificial intelligence. [View resource]
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of the African continent Read More »
Author: De Vos M.
Date of Publication: 2018
The paper explores possible avenues for a transformation of labour law corresponding to the
substantial transformation referred to as ‘Work 4.0’. It begins by identifying the underlying
transformational trends (Section 1-2) to argue five core priorities for the future of labour law:
activation 2.0, transversal career management, sustained labour quality focus, continuous and
integrated talent development, and active support of economic participation (Section 3). Adopting a
long term view, it describes the potential dismantling of the employment contract to develop a
future of labour law as a ‘law on persons’ beyond employment status, with a corresponding need to
reconfigure collective consultation and bargaining (Section 4). It concludes by stressing that the
future of labour law is a choice (Section 5). [View resource]
Work 4.0 and the future of labour law Read More »
Author: Sharma Y.
Date of Publication: 2018.
Universities will be key in bridging new emerging ‘digital divides’ within countries and globally in the
era of innovation driven by artificial intelligence and other new technologies, a conference organised
by the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) heard. [View resource]
Universities ‘key to bridging global digital divide’ Read More »
Author: Smith C
Date of Publication: 2018
The article reflects an employer’s perspective on protections against exploitation of vulnerable
workers provided for in amendments to employment legislation. [View resource]
Debate on labour broker, client responsibility heats up Read More »
Date of Publication: 2018
Anxiety about the impact of technology on the world of work is not new. Since the beginning of the
Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, the question of how technology shapes work and labour
and, in turn, how society should shape technology through technological choices and policies, has
fuelled intense public debate. In England, textile workers known as Luddites destroyed and smashed
automated looms, concerned that they would lose their jobs. While jobs in mass manufacturing and
new industries, such as coal, iron and steel were subsequently created, the Luddites did lose work. [View resource]
Emerging technologies and the future of work in India Read More »
Authors: Christina Beherndt and Quynh Anh Nguyen
Date of Publication: 2018
Social protection systems around the world face challenges to provide full and effective coverage for
workers in all forms of employment, including those in ‘new’ forms of employment. While some
emerging work and employment arrangements may provide greater flexibility for workers and
employers, they may lead to significant gaps in social protection coverage, at a time when demands
on social protection systems are increasing. [View resource]
Innovative approaches for ensuring universal social protection for the future of work Read More »
Author: Phoebe V Moore
Date of Publication: 2018
Digitalization has begun to impact work on the streets, at home, in factories and warehouses, and in
offices. The logic of algorithmic work acquisition and governance focuses on efficiency and profit
making. However, it also potentially penalizes women, youth, migrant workers and disabled workers,
leading to the ‘unequal life chances’ which Galtung refers to as structural violence (1969, p. 171, also
developed in Akhtar and Moore, 2016) and a significant rise in the risks of psychosocial and physical
violence and harassment in the digitalized world of work. [View resource]
The threat of physical and psychosocial violence and harassment in digitalizedwork Read More »
Date of Publication: 2018
This first Flagship Report contributes to the ‘Global Deal for Decent Work and Inclusive Growth’; an
initiative launched in 2016 by Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven as a concrete input to the UN
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The objective consists in developing and harnessing the
potential of social dialogue and sound industrial relations as instruments for promoting decent work
and job quality in line with Sustainable Development Goal 8 on Decent Work and Economic Growth,
and thereby fostering greater equality and more Inclusive Growth in line with Sustainable
Development Goal 10 on Reduced Inequalities. [View resource]
The Global Deal for Decent Work and Inclusive Growth Flagship Report 2018 Read More »
Engaged research, teaching and advocacy on law and policy to overcome barriers to decent work in a fast changing global environment.
Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville, Cape Town
centrow@uwc.ac.za
