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CENTROW responds to the challenges and opportunities for decent work that inhere in the digital transformation of work and is involved in community- engaged research on overcoming barriers to decent work in a fast-changing global environment. CENTROWs activities promote the design and implementation of innovative labour laws and regulatory strategies, supporting UN SDG 8 - inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all and the aspirations of Agenda 2063.
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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 teamDebbie Collier joined UWC in September 2022 as Director of CENTROW and Professor in the Department of Mercantile and Labour Law. Members of the centre include Extraordinary Professors Edoardo Ales and Paul Benjamin, and Darcy du Toit, a professor emeritus at UWC, 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 ... |
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![]() | NEWS: Academics are trying to fix the last mile gig economy | By Chris Stokel-Walker The future is gig work – but the system is currently broken. Solutions are coming from academia |
![]() | BLOGS: Are we ready for platform co-ops in South Africa? | By Ratula Beukman What will a business look like if the platform workers seen everywhere delivering goods and food, operating taxis and delivering domestic services via a digital commercial "platforms" own the platform itself? |
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News: Academics are trying to fix the last mile gig economy | By Chris Stokel-Walker The future is gig work – but the system is currently broken. Solutions are coming from academia Read more ... |
>> Publications: Featured works
FEATURED PUBLICATION: Your Boss is an Algorithm. Artificial Intelligence, Platform Work and Labour Type: Books and chapters Aliosi, Antonio; Stefano, De Valerio (14 July 2022). Your Boss Is an Algorithm What effect do robots, algorithms, and online platforms have on the world of work? Using case studies and examples from across the EU, the UK, and the US, this book provides a compass to navigate this technological transformation as well as the regulatory options available, and proposes a new map for the era of radical digital advancements. From platform work to the gig-economy and the impac... Other publications
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FEATURED PUBLICATION: Your Boss is an Algorithm. Artificial Intelligence, Platform Work and Labour Type: Books and chapters Aliosi, Antonio; Stefano, De Valerio (14 July 2022). Your Boss Is an Algorithm What effect do robots, algorithms, and online platforms have on the world of work? Using case studies and examples from across the EU, the UK, and the US, this book provides a compass to navigate this technological transformation as well as the regulatory options available, and proposes a new map for the era of radical digital advancements. From platform work to the gig-economy and the impac... Other publications
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