LABOUR LAW IN THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (LL 4.0)
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Welcome to the Labour Law 4.0 research niche
This niche focuses on a question presenting fundamental challenges for labour and social security law internationally: the ‘fourth industrial revolution’ (platform work, artificial intelligence, automation, robotification) and its impact.
Our web channel highlights our engagement with these challenges, and provides visitors with news, blogs, listings of our publications, and external resources.
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> Towards Legal Regulation of Platform Work: Theory and Practice
Darcy du Toit, Sandra Fredman, Mark Graham
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> Platform work and social justice
Du Toit, Darcy
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Uber, Lyft likely violated California labor law, appeals court finds
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The Fate of Gig Workers Is in the Hands of California Voters
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Labour Law 4.0 > Welcome
Read more>> Mission: About us
| Our focusDigital technology has transcended many of the physical and spatial limitations on the performance of work. ‘Reimagining employment’ has become a buzzword. At the same time, these developments have also transcended many of the critical institutions of labour law. These, too, must be reimagined and the target is continuously moving as new forms of technology introduce yet more change. Scholars... Read more ... |
| Our teamThe Labour Law 4.0 niche is led by Darcy du Toit, a professor emeritus at UWC and former dean of UWC Law Faculty, and Paul Benjamin, an extraordinary professor at UWC. They are assisted by, among others, Ratula Beukman, Roger Ronnie and Fairuz Mullagee. Read more ... |
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Our focusDigital technology has transcended many of the physical and spatial limitations on the performance of work. ‘Reimagining employment’ has become a buzzword. At the same time, these developments have also transcended many of the critical institutions of labour law. These, too, must be reimagined and the target is continuously moving as new forms of technology introduce yet more change. Scholars... Read more ... |
>> Newsroom: Latest headlines
![]() | NEWS: Uber and Lyft Could Gain From U.S. Rule Defining Employment | By Noam Scheiber |
![]() | BLOGS: COVID-19: Worker's rights and the public interest | By Darcy du Toit Sooner or later, all pandemics are brought to an end. But, until then, they can cause huge damage to society, as COVID-19 is showing day by day. And none are more at risk than non-standard or “precarious” workers – casual workers, independent contractors, all those doing jobs without security of employment and benefits, who generally fall outside the protection of labour law. |
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News: Uber and Lyft Could Gain From U.S. Rule Defining Employment | By Noam Scheiber |
>> Publications: Featured works
FEATURED PUBLICATION: Towards Legal Regulation of Platform Work: Theory and Practice Type: Academic journal articles Darcy du Toit, Sandra Fredman, Mark Graham (2020). Towards Legal Regulation of Platform Work: Theory and Practice Digital platform work, while playing an increasingly important part in low as well as high income countries, is characterised by an absence of effective labour regulation. In particular, the norm is for workers to be classified as ‘independent contractors’, thus placing them beyond the ambit of labour legislation. The article, based on interactive research by the Fairwork project, examines... Other publications
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FEATURED PUBLICATION: Towards Legal Regulation of Platform Work: Theory and Practice Type: Academic journal articles Darcy du Toit, Sandra Fredman, Mark Graham (2020). Towards Legal Regulation of Platform Work: Theory and Practice Digital platform work, while playing an increasingly important part in low as well as high income countries, is characterised by an absence of effective labour regulation. In particular, the norm is for workers to be classified as ‘independent contractors’, thus placing them beyond the ambit of labour legislation. The article, based on interactive research by the Fairwork project, examines... Other publications
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