Legal Empowerment

Protecting the Worker in the Informal Economy: The Role of Labour Law

The Decent Work for Domestic Workers Convention and Recommendation, 2011

Review of the development and early stages of adoption of the ILO Convention on Domestic Workers.  Resource is subscription only.

Nothing about us without us: A case study of the dynamics of the informal workplace in Mitchell’s Plain Town Centre

This research paper is part of the Development and Labour Monograph Series.

Beyond Standard Setting: A Study of ILO Technical Cooperation on Regional Labor Law Reform in West and Central AfricaComparative Labor Law and Policy Journal

IDRC Final Report: Legal Empowerment of the Working Poor

Summary of three-country study of law and the working poor, funded by IDRC (November 2011-March 2013)

Precarious Migrant Status and Precarious Employment: The Paradox of International Rights for Migrant Workers

Discusses the challenges of using international law to protect the rights of precariously-employed migrant workers.  The author concludes...

Nurturing a culture of compliance with domestic workers’ rights in South Africa

Ratification as International Solidarity – Reflections on Switzerland and Decent Work for Domestic WorkersConnecticut Journal of International Law

Report on Domestic Workers in Ghana

Overview of the domestic worker sector in Ghana

On Castles and Commerce: Zoning Law and the Home-Business Dilemma

Discusses how zoning laws can prevent or enable the development of home-based businesses in the United States.