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    • The impact of socio-legal inequality on women in the Nigerian domestic work sector 

      Osiki, Abigail (University of the Western Cape, 2022)
      This article examines the impact of socio-legal inequality on the work conditions of female domestic workers in Nigeria. Domestic work is an important aspect of productive labour and an indispensable factor that contributes ...

    • International regulation of platform labor: A proposal for action 

      Fredman, Sandra; du Toit, Darcy; Graham, Mark (Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, 2021)
      Platform-mediated work is a source of livelihood for millions of workers worldwide. However, because platforms typically classify workers as ‘independent contractors’, those workers are generally excluded from the scope ...

    • Protecting platform workers: options and challenges 

      du Toit, Darcy; Howson, Kelle (Jute, 2022)
      The use of digital platforms as a means of organising work and creating new work opportunities (‘platform work’) is on the increase in developing as well as developed countries. The article starts from three widely-accepted ...

    • Scope of protection: a retrospective and prospective overview of the protected disclosures act 2000 

      Osiki, Abigail (Centre de droit comparé du travail et de la sécurité sociale, 2023)
      Following South Africa’s transition to democratic rule, numerous whistle-blowers have raised the alarm regarding corruption and improprieties at work, in both the private and public sectors. To prevent the negative ...