Villains and Victims, but No Workers: Why a prosecution-focussed approach to human trafficking fails trafficked persons

Response to ATR Debate Proposition: ‘Prosecuting trafficking deflects attention from much more important responses and is anyway a waste of time and money

UK agriculture and care visas: worker exploitation and obstacles to redress

This is a summary of research conducted by five academics (led by Primary Investigator Dr Inga Thiemann) in partnership with four non-governmental organisations (NGOs): Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX), Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI), Southeast and East Asian Centre (SEEAC) and Kanlungan Filipino Consortium (Kanlungan), with support from UNISON. The project was funded through an open call for proposals by the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (Modern Slavery PEC), which in turn is funded and supported by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The Modern Slavery PEC has actively supported the production of this Research Summary. However, the views expressed in this summary and the full report are those of the authors and not necessarily of the funders

Rationale and recommendations on decolonising the pedagogy and curriculum of the Law School at the University of Exeter

This report outlines the rationale behind and recommendations on the steps that need to be taken towards decolonising the Law School's pedagogy and curriculum. The reason is that we see decolonisation as not something that can be achieved but as an ongoing process. It concludes a two-year process of research and discussions involving a joint effort between staff and students. A rationale for a change in approach to both pedagogy and curriculum is presented together with recommendations and practical examples of how this might be achieved in modular teaching in the Law School

Labour law and Covid 19: Overview 2020 2022

The present paper provides an overview of the major contributions related to Covid 19 appeared in 2021 in IALLJ journals and special issues that were published in 2020 and 2022. It adopts a horizontal approach and offers an analytical account of the academic discussion on health safety, income support, measures to protect employment, remote work, inequalities, and social dialogue and collective bargaining. Lastly, the paper revisits the debate on how labour law has performed in the face of the health crisis and its prospects in the post-pandemic context