3rd panel #PECconference: 'Business and human rights in a time of upheaval'

2nd Panel: 'Preventing modern slavery through more effective labour market regulation: the role of the Fair Work Agency'

Important lessons from the panel about considering survivor involvement in all stages of the process; attention to prevention; challenges for law enforcement, re-sharing power, and hope.

First panel of #PECconference 'A survivor-centred approach to preventing and addressing modern slavery in the UK' @modernslaverypec.bsky.social @drellac.bsky.social @wilberforcehull.bsky.social

מצד אחד כן, בטח לפעילות נוכחות מגינה או עומדים ביחד וכו.
מהצד השני, המורכב, יש וריאציה של החייל הטוב במחסום, ולהכיר בזה שבסיטואציות מסוימות היכולת שלנו להשפיע מצומצמת עד לא קיימת. ובין שתי הקטיגוריות האלו יש טווח, שתלוי בין היתר ביכולות וטמפרמנט וסיבות וניסיון, אבל לדעתי לא שורה תחתונה אחידה.

Absolutely disastrous news for Nigel Farage and the GB News business model

What an amazing #SLSA2026. This year was particularly exciting as @sandraduffy.bsky.social and I ran our "Law in the Culture Wars" topic which saw some fascinating (despairing) and vital discussions and was called "the coolest" stream at the conference by two different attendees.

Closing the day - Victoria Hooton @sheffielduni.bsky.social ni.bsky.social, Elizabeth Chloe Romanis 'Questioning the Nature of Pregnancy Protections in EU Law', introducing conceptual distinction between pregnancy and parenting protection, and disrupting assumptions around pregnancy and risk.

2nd, James Kolaczkowski @exeter.ac.uk c.uk 'Social and economic motivations for occupational pension reform' - experiences and expectations of workers concerning clawback in their pension schemes, and the role of employers and the state.

Last panel of the day, and of #SLSA2026: The employment relationship and workplace governance - Elena Castro Surís,
'The Employee Right to a Prior Hearing and the Distribution of Risk in Unfair Dismissal Cases: A Socio-Legal Perspective'

Finally, Naivi Chikoc Barreda @uottawa.ca 'Invisible Workers in the AI Economy: Private International Law and the Global South', and the design of legal standards excluding workers providing valuable work from effective protections.

3rd, Katrina Peake @openuniversity.bsky.social on
'Reweaving EU Tariff Preferences for Decent Work: Insights from Bangladesh’s Ready-Made Garment Industry', and the challenges of forming unions in garment factories.

Next, Samantha Velluti @sussex.ac.uk on 'Decent Work in Global Garment Supply Chains', and the weaknesses of int'l labour regulation within the constraints of supply chains capitalism.

Final Day of #SLSA2026 Labour Law and Society - Global Value chains!
Shelley Marshall started with a brilliant, thought-provoking presentation on 'Regulating Labour in the Age of Transition: From Supply Chain Capitalism to Platform and Digital Capitalism'

'Empirically grounded studies on the meaning of work and rights' panel, #SLSA2026 . Ayesha Pattnaik @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social : ''Good Workers find Good Employers': How Internal Migrant Workers in India Talk About Rights', presenting ideas on flexibility as an alternative to bondage.

Finally, Gaia Zanotti, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social 'A Labour Law analysis of the Regulation of Work for Asylum Seekers: the Case of the United Kingdom' -

3rd, Cliodhna Murphy, @maynoothlaw.bsky.social 'Access to Employment Redress for Migrant Workers: Problems and Prospects' of migrant workers in Ireland.

Next, Jordan Dez @vuamsterdam.bsky.social on 'Labour Rights Beyond the Law: Hybrid Organizing and Access to Justice for Undocumented Migrant Domestic Workers'

2nd Day of #SLSA2026 Labour Law and Society - Migrant workers!
Starting, Jack Beadsworth @bonavero.bsky.social 'Forced Labour Indicators in Immigration Control: Legal Structures of State-Sanctioned Wage Deprivation Against Migrants'

Finally, Amanda Selvarajah @monashuniversity.bsky.social
'Resolving labour disputes in the Philippines: legitimacy and effectiveness in a polycentric regulatory framework' in the context of transition between contractual/temp agency work and direct employment

#SLSA2026

Andrea Iossa on ' “Closing the enforcement gap”: socio-legal mechanisms and trade union strategies for wage enforcement in the Swedish construction sector' - high collective agreement coverage, but very limited implementation.

Manisha Mathews, @unibirmingham.bsky.social on 'The Employment Rights Bill and the Persistence of Traditional Household Arrangements'.

2nd Labour Law & Society panel of the day! - 'Industrial relations and labour disputes'. First, Martin Gallié & Elsa Galerand @uqam.ca 'Socio-legal reflections on the exercise of the right to strike in North America based on a historic strike'
#SLSA2026

Next, #SLSA2026 Labour Law and Society, Jade Kosche @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social 'Vernacularizing Gender-Based Violence: Meaning-Making and Governance in a Transnational Labour Programme'

Started #SLSA2026 Labour Law and Society Stream!
Panel 1, 'Labour rights, gender and the education sector'. Currently hearing Francesca Lee @astonuniversity.bsky.social on 'Crowning Equality: The Legal Prohibition of Natural Hair Discrimination in Employment and Schools', CRT & hair discrimination

We are pleased to share that our CEO Dr Dora-Olivia Vicol has been appointed to the board of the Fair Work Agency.

As a dedicated advocate for migrant and low-paid workers, Olivia will join the FWA's mission for a more equitable labour market for everyone.
www.workrightscentre.org/publications...

What Relationships Would You Want, if You Believed They Were Possible? YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show

This was an interesting one in the first category, about the importance of non-romantic relationships and how they could look like: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tvC...

ישראל פתחה במלחמה חסרת הצדקה כשהיא משתמשת בנימוקים שמראים שגם המלחמה הקודמת היתה חסרת הצדקה וכושלת. בנימין נתניהו מקריב את החיים והעתיד של כולנו.
סרבו.

Further details on the webinar and link for registration: www.publicpolicyexchange.co.uk/event.php?ev...

Tomorrow I'll be speaking at the Public Policy Exchange webinar on 'Tackling Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery in the UK. My talk will focus on identifying labour exploitation, drawing from empirical data from my project 'Work as a site of agency and a site of exploitation'.