/lldrl/taxonomy/term/58/all en /lldrl/article/whats-new/transformative-framework-achieve-and-sustain-employment-equity-report-employment-equity-act-review <h2>Table of contents</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/corporate/portfolio/labour/programs/employment-equity/reports/act-review-task-force/letter.html">Letter to the Minister</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/corporate/portfolio/labour/programs/employment-equity/reports/act-review-task-force/introduction.html">Introduction</a></li></ul> Thu, 11 Jul 2024 03:27:36 +0000 Professor Adelle Blackett, FRSC, Ad E, Task Force Chair 2897 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/ottawa-backs-listing-black-and-lgbtq-workers-under-canadas-workplace-equity-laws <p>The federal government says it supports listing Black and LGBTQ people among groups facing systemic workplace barriers under the Employment Equity Act, CBC News has learned.</p> <p>The Liberal government is backing the legislative change after a task force report recommended the move.</p> <p>A source told CBC News earlier on Monday that Ottawa "broadly supports" that recommendation and others from a task force that reviewed the legislation. The government made an initial commitment Monday to modernize the act, the source said.</p> Thu, 11 Jul 2024 03:24:31 +0000 LLDRL 2896 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/lldrl-classroom/lldrl-classroom-property-and-slavery-citing-slavery-project-professor-justin-simard <p><strong>1 December 2022</strong></p> Mon, 17 Apr 2023 17:57:52 +0000 aminata.mboup@mcgill.ca 2552 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/whats-new/feminist-africa-volume-3-issue-1-has-been-published <p>We are excited to announce that <strong>Feminist Africa </strong>(April), Volume 3, Issue 1 has been published!</p> Sun, 22 May 2022 23:43:50 +0000 LLRDL 2261 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/professor-adelle-blackett-chair-employment-equity-act-review-task-force <p>On 14 July 2021, Professor <a href="/law/about/profs/blackett-adelle"><b>Adelle Blackett</b></a><b>,</b> Ad. E., F.R.S.C., BCL'94, LLB'94, was appointed chair of Canada’s new <i>Employment Equity Act</i> Review Task Force by Minister of Labour Filomena Tassi.</p> <p>The task force will study, consult, and advise the Minister of Labour on the ways in which the federal <i>Employment Equity Act</i>, initially adopted in 1986, can be modernized. It will also help ensure that Canada’s economic recovery from the pandemic is equitable and inclusive.</p> Wed, 14 Jul 2021 15:08:06 +0000 LLDRL 1901 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/call-papers-caribbean-law-review-racialisation-and-racism-pillars-or-perversions-law <h2>Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, Barbados - Call for papers for <em>The Caribbean Law Review</em>, Volume 20: Issue 1 (2022)</h2> <h3>Theme: ‘Racialisation and Racism: Pillars or Perversions of the Law?’</h3> <h4>1. Concept</h4> Wed, 24 Mar 2021 18:23:00 +0000 LLDRL 1853 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/whats-new/call-papers-international-labour-review-covid-19-and-world-work <p>The COVID-19 pandemic is deeply affecting the world of work across the globe and has created an unprecedented scenario that raises many questions for labour and employment studies.</p> <p>In this context, the <a href="http://www.ilo.org/public/english/revue/index.htm" target="_blank"><em>International Labour Review</em></a> is calling for the submission of papers related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the world of work with a view to the publication of a special multidisciplinary issue in English, French and Spanish.</p> <p>Deadline: <strong>30 June 2020</strong></p> Thu, 14 May 2020 14:54:43 +0000 LLDRL 1476 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/applications-ilos-internship-programme-now-open Applications for the ILO's internship program are now open. Applications should be submitted on the ILO Jobs online platform by May 10th, 2019 (23:59 CET). Thu, 02 May 2019 14:11:41 +0000 emily.painter@mail.mcgill.ca 1073 at /lldrl /lldrl/Everyday-Transgressions Professor Adelle Blackett's book tells the story behind the ILO's Decent Work for Domestic Workers Convention No. 189, and its accompanying Recommendation No. 201. As the principal legal architect, Blackett takes us behind the scenes to show readers how Convention No. 189 transgresses the everyday law of the household workplace to embrace domestic worker's human rights claim to be workers like any other - and like no other. Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:54:41 +0000 Emily Ann Painter 1054 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/whats-new/submission-accepted-duke-leiden-institute-global-and-transnational-law Duke University Law School is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for the Duke-Leiden Institute in Global and Transnational Law to be held in June and July 2019. Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:55:22 +0000 Emily Ann Painter 994 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/upcoming-events-conference-whats-new/call-participants-continuing-struggle-international-labor-organization-ilo-centenary-and-future Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor & the Working Poor invites you to submit papers, presentations, or panel proposals by February 1st 2019. Thu, 03 Jan 2019 16:21:16 +0000 emily.painter@mail.mcgill.ca 806 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/transnational-labour-law/TFILL-course To mark the 100th anniversary of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Professor Adelle Blackett is bringing a new course to McGill’s Faculty of Law entitled Transnational Futures of International Labour Law. We share the program and more information. Thu, 20 Dec 2018 21:18:06 +0000 lysanne.larose@mcgill.ca 804 at /lldrl /lldrl/article/whats-new/ilo-internship-programme The ILO has interesting new internship opportunities coming up in a variety of fields. The objective of the Internship Program is to provide talented individuals with the opportunity to gain practical experience at the ILO. As part of our teams, working directly with outstanding and inspiring career professionals and senior management, ILO interns contribute to analytical work on the principles, programmes and strategies of the Organization; they also participate in important meetings and are exposed to high-profile conferences. Applications are due October 16, 2018. Fri, 12 Oct 2018 18:21:20 +0000 International Labour Office 677 at /lldrl /lldrl/Elgar-Studies-in-Labour-Law-Series Professor Adelle Blackett is the editor of the new Elgar Studies in Labour Law series by Elward Elgar Publishing.  Mon, 20 Aug 2018 17:40:29 +0000 Emily Ann Painter 675 at /lldrl /lldrl/Dzodzi-Tsikata-Working-Paper-9 Dr. Dzodzi Tsikata's Working Paper addresses the deficiencies in the legal, institutional and customary regimes regulating domestic work in Ghana. Mon, 20 Aug 2018 02:45:23 +0000 Emily Ann Painter 673 at /lldrl