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This publication is devoted to covering the following issues, namely: what are the inherent features of an employment relationship; what should be understood as self-defense in an employment relationship with an employer; how does the current labor legislation of Ukraine interpret the concept of "reinstatement" and how is an employee reinstated in the presence (absence) o f a court decision. Attention is focused on the fact that in the absence of a clear understanding of what constitutes "labor relations", "self-defense" and "reinstatement" in the current labor legislation of Ukraine, one should be guided by the recommendations of the International Labor Organization and domestic labor scholars, as well as by court practice in resolving labor dispu tes. This leads to the following conclusions: 1) labor relations are the relations between an employee and an employer regarding the performance of certain work for remuneration in accordance with the specialty, qualification or position on the basis of working conditions determined by the employer, provided for by labor legislation, employment contract, collective agreement; 2) self-defense in labor relations is considered to be the refusal of an employee to perform his or her labor duties in order to restore the violated labor right; 3) the right to self-defense is exercised by an employee independently, independently of other employees, and consists of independent active actions to protect their labor rights, life and health without or together with an appeal to the bodies for consideration of individual labor disputes (Commission on Labor Disputes, court) or to the bodies for supervision and control over compliance with labor legislation; 4) reinstatement in the previous job takes place not from the date of the court decision on reinstatement, but from the date of dismissal of the employee, which is declared invalid in accordance with this decision (if the employer reinstates the employee in the previous position without a court decision, the reinstatement also takes place from the date of dismissal); 5) the execution of the court decision is deemed to be completed from the moment the employee is actually allowed to perform his/her previous duties on the basis of the relevant act of the body that made the illegal decision to dismiss the employee; 6) if the reinstated employee is already working in another institution at the time of reinstatement, he/she must terminate the employment contract or enter into a part-time employment contract (unless prohibited by law) with another institution, since the main place of work for him/her is the place of work where the employee was reinstated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is devoted to the study of the procedural aspects of consideration and resolution of labor disputes, the peculiarities of the application of labor law norms in the conditions of martial law based on the analysis of the content of new laws, laws on amendments. With the introduction of martial law, restrictions on the constitutional rights and freedoms of a person and a citizen, provided for in Articles 43, 44 of the Constitution of Ukraine, were introduced for the entire period of its validity, which affected the consideration of all labor disputes. The article analyzes the innovations established by the Law of Ukraine «On the Organization of Labor Relations in Martial Law» regarding the regulation of labor relations, and also draws attention to the inconsistency of some norms of this law and the cur Statistical data on the number of violations of labor legislation on labor issues were studied, examples of judicial practice during the period of martial law were analyzed. Attention is focused on the ambiguous position of the Civil Court of Cassation of the Supreme Court regarding the termination of the calculation of the average salary for employees called up for military service, accepted for service under a contract, etc. It was established that the ambiguity calls into question the implementation of the constitutional principle of equality in one's rights, as well as the principle of equality of labor rights of citizens of Ukraine, prevention of discrimination in the field of work. It is proposed to regulate at the legislative level the issue of maintaining the average salary for employees called up for military service, hired for service under a contract, etc. In order to properly consider and resolve a specific labor dispute, it is necessary to know well not only the general norms laid down in the Civil Procedure Code of Ukraine, but also the special procedural norms contained in the Labor Code of Ukraine and other material laws, which establish exceptions and additions to the procedure of court proceedings. In each specific case, it is necessary to find out all the circumstances, take into account the conclusions of the Supreme Court in order to make a decision on the legality or illegality of the demands of the subject of the protection of labor rights. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigates the impact of conflict intensity on married women’s employment and intimate partner violence (IPV) in Nepal during and after the civil conflicts. Analyzing five waves of the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey, it reveals a negative short- and long-term effect of conflict on work probabilities for women facing reduced economic opportunities and delayed human capital accumulation. However, this result masks substantial heterogeneity by subgroups. The older cohort experiences a temporary negative effect, while the impact is enduring for younger cohorts. The long-run effect of conflict intensity was more sustained for married women who were children or teenagers at the onset of the war compared to older cohorts. These results hold under IV regressions. Data availability restricts our analysis of IPV to the post-war years. The study does not find a direct impact of conflict on the stated IPV experiences of married women but identifies an indirect effect.HIGHLIGHTSConflict in Nepal affects women’s employment and intimate partner violence.Women’s employment increased during the conflict but declined post-conflict.Conflict intensity in Nepal reduced long-term employment, particularly for younger womenIntimate partner violence shows indirect rise due to reduced women’s employment.The added-worker effect in Nepal was weak, with conflict disrupting labor opportunities.Conflict in Nepal affects women’s employment and intimate partner violence.Women’s employment increased during the conflict but declined post-conflict.Conflict intensity in Nepal reduced long-term employment, particularly for younger womenIntimate partner violence shows indirect rise due to reduced women’s employment.The added-worker effect in Nepal was weak, with conflict disrupting labor opportunities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Working conditions, pay rates and the rights of workers to collectively negotiate have become important points of discussions in recent years, with support for unions and union applications rising to levels long unseen in America. In many instances, though, companies have responded aggressively. This is not the first time such a dynamic has played out in American business. This study aims to take a fresh look at one of America's most prominent historical disputes between labor and ownership – the Homestead Massacre of 1892 – to glean lessons from that conflict that remain relevant to today's business environment. Design/methodology/approach: This study adopts game theory and the principles of repeated interaction to assess how differing discount factors led to differences in time orientations between the workers and the Carnegie company. These differing time orientations affected both the strategy each side deployed in the negotiations and the payoffs received by the parties. Letters, contemporary news reports and histories of the events leading up to and immediately following the 1892 Homestead Massacre are qualitatively analyzed with a genealogical pragmatic approach. Findings: Differences in temporal orientation between management and workers exacerbated the conflict, with the workers adopting a more cooperative stance and distal time orientation, while the Carnegie company negotiated with a proximal time orientation and played to "win" a game that, in fact, could not be fully won or lost given its infinitely repeating nature. The result was a short-term victory for the Carnegie company but with long-term negative consequences that highlight the suboptimal outcome the company achieved by playing a proximal strategy in an infinite game. Originality/value: Although the incident at Homestead is a well-studied labor dispute, many of the themes that preceded the incident have resurfaced in the modern work context. This work, by adopting game theory as an analytical framework, provides new insights into management mistakes that led to the labor conflict and lessons for what present-day managers can do to avoid exacerbating labor strife. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The demand for legal regulation of the right to strike has existed for a long time and has gained importance as a result of the railway strikes last winter. Against this background, the article analyzes the causes of the apparent increase in the willingness to strike in the critical infrastructure sector and how this can be countered. Legal options for the regulation of labor disputes are discussed, with a particular focus on a provision requiring the parties involved to agree to arbitration if either side so requests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AbstractThe impact of Indian state labour law reforms on employment, output, new industrial units, investment and size of industrial units is examined from 2000–01 to 2017–18. States with inflexible labour laws had lower growth of large industrial units and regular employment. Contract worker hiring spiked in firms with 301–500 workers in both flexible and inflexible states. Capital growth was higher than growth of workers in all state categories. Rajasthan, the first state to carry out additional reforms in 2014, had good performance. Regressions carried out to control for factors that impact employment other than labour laws indicate that: (i) reforms had a positive impact on employment; (ii) good infrastructure, reduction in industrial disputes, low crime and better education resulted in significant employment generation. Difference-in-differences estimates show that post-reform, employment, fixed capital, and output were higher for flexible labour law states, when compared to inflexible labour law states. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The 2022 FIFA World Cup hosted in Qatar was mired in controversy. From the corrupt bidding process to the sub-standard working and living conditions, Qatar was heavily criticized for its management of the World Cup. This paper explores two of the main critiques levied against the host nation: its exploitation of migrant labor and the harsh and restrictive policies against women and the LGBT community. Concerning migrant labor, the kafala system is the primary cause of hardship. It is a labor sponsorship system, and it requires migrant workers to invest time and resources to acquire a job in Qatar, a sunk cost that then prevents them from leaving upon discovering that the working and living conditions are not what was promised. Women suffer from a similar sponsorship system, except instead of sponsorship by employers, they are sponsored by male relatives. Lastly, LGBT rights are nonexistent in Qatar, and anecdotes about the LGBT experience and struggle for freedom and safety are noted below. Qatar and FIFA did work together to try to alleviate some of these problems. Qatar created a new wage protection system and labor dispute mechanisms to ensure timely payment for migrant workers and provide them with legal recourse if it was denied. Furthermore, FIFA created the “Supreme Committee” which oversaw construction efforts undertaken by FIFA and attempted to set labor standards. These programs had marginal success, but they at least displayed an intent for improvement. Lastly, this paper also compares the treatment of migrant workers, women, and the LGBT community in Qatar with their treatment in the United States of America. The United States is the next host of the World Cup and will face similar inquiries into its treatment of these groups. The United States is not above criticism concerning its protection of migrant laborers, women, and the LGBT community. Therefore, it should learn from the lesson of Qatar and ensure that the rights of these groups are safeguarded. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article analyzes several documentary films on youth labor actions in socialist Yugoslavia, covering different stages of their organization. The analysis begins with educational films that outline recommended practices for the successful organization of youth labor actions. It continues with two films, shot 20 years apart, portraying international experiences of youth labor actions. These films, "Witnesses to the truth" (Svjedoci istine) from 1950 and "American woman" (Amerikanka) from 1970, articulate criticism in different ways, in keeping with when the films were made. The last film analyzed, Ho-Ruk! Ho-Ruk! Ho-Ruk! – filmed in 1974 – reflects on 30 years of experience of youth labor actions. Periodizing the films in this way presents three different views of youth labor actions, namely what they should become, what they are, and what they used to be. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article aims to assess the applicability of «economic analysis of law» in resolving individual labor disputes. The study is based on the classic teaching of the American jurist and judge R.A. Posner. His name is associated with the identification of the specified methodological approach to resolving this type of dispute. Research methods: general scientific (dialectical, historical, analysis and synthesis, etc.) and private law methods (formal-logical, comparative legal, etc.). Results of the study: «economic analysis of law» of individual labor disputes represents a complex amalgam, on the one hand, of quite sound provisions and constructive premises, the main one of which is the need to take into account the economic component of labor relations. However, this analysis is applicable in a very limited list of individual labor disputes, primarily related to wages and compensation for harm, but subject to a significant array of public restrictions. On the other hand, the approach to individual labor disputes from the standpoint of economic analysis of law gives rise to very negative consequences. It is concluded that the institutional (integrated) approach is more effective compared to «economic analysis» in r elation to individual labor disput es.

In today’s globalized world, social and labor disputes have become a significant concern for individuals and organizations. This paper aims to explore the prevention and resolution of such conflicts, focusing on both international practices and the specific experience of Kazakhstan. By examining the literature, research methodology, and analytical reports, we will gain insights into effective strategies and approaches to addressing social and labor conflicts. This article is optimized for SEO and provides valuable information for individuals, organizations, and policymakers seeking to navigate the complexities of social and labor disputes. International experience is a valuable source of knowledge and practice for improving government regulation and conflict-prevention mechanisms. The article examines strategic documents and economic indicators based on qualitative research by OECD countries on the prevention of the adverse consequences of social conflicts. The study examines a number strategic documents and programs for conflict prevention and resolution.

The growing emphasis on history as a criterion of constitutional decision-making in Supreme Court jurisprudence has raised the importance of a distinctive type of judicial fact-finding--namely, the investigation and resolution of contested questions of historical fact. Although history has always played an important role in constitutional adjudication, its primary role has traditionally been as an input to constitutional interpretation. But in cases like New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen, the Court has increasingly demanded that factual determinations regarding the content, meaning, purposes, and effects of decisions taken in the distant past should also guide the lower courts' application of the interpretively determined constitutional meaning to contemporary legal disputes. The growing importance of historical-fact determinations in constitutional litigation raises significant questions about the appropriate mechanisms for historical factfinding and the allocation of institutional authority and responsibility among the different layers of the federal judiciary. Bruen provides a useful case study in the complexities that are likely to attend this project. The Bruen Court's guidance to lower courts emphasized techniques conventionally associated with adjudicative fact-finding, such as party presentation of evidence and allocations of burdens of proof as mechanisms to resolve epistemic uncertainty about the relevant historical facts. But the Court also signaled that the historical facts thus found might carry broad precedential effects that will bind nonparties and considered extrarecord evidence, including third-party amicus briefing and the Court's own independent research, in discerning the facts it deemed relevant to the case before it. Bruen thus somewhat awkwardly straddles the line between assessing claims about history through conventional adjudicative factfinding and the techniques more commonly associated with the finding of so-called "legislative" or "nonadjudicative" facts. This Article argues that this unresolved tension in Bruen presents a challenge with which courts are likely to struggle in translating historical facts into legally operative facts and legal conclusions. An approach that emphasizes party control and adjudicative fact-finding is likely to produce significant redundancy, inefficiency, and inconsistency in application. But an approach that treats historical fact-finding as a pure question of nonadjudicative fact carries its own drawbacks, including enhancing the risk that binding precedential rules will be formulated on incomplete and potentially inaccurate understandings of the historical record. This Article examines this tension and suggests possible ways forward for lower courts tasked with implementing doctrines that hinge on historical fact-finding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article explores the importance of viewing the employment law and an employment benefits dispute from a multitude of views. Topics discussed include the settlement negotiation process in employment dispute, the changes in the role of the workplace in society, and founding principles of social work as a potential model for employment lawyers.

A theory of value pertinent to the contemporary iPhone era focuses on formal and informal labour circuits. This study extends this framework by examining a labour dispute in an iPhone factory near Bangalore, delving into its dissemination through media and the broader critical political economy surrounding the recent iPhone production in India. Furthermore, it incorporates a geographical perspective into the circuit framework to illustrate the movement of capital and labour in Bangalore, rekindling discussions on core–periphery dynamics in the context of capital and labour migration. Further, this research builds upon the typography of worker-generated content by illustrating a specific category of such content within the iPhone labour dispute. Utilising a critical political economy of media approach, this article aims to assess the broader implications of the updated framework and to open new avenues for research within the emerging field of information communication technologies, cultural production and labour. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The communications departments of federal public universities do a significant job of publicizing the actions of these knowledge-producing institutions. Marked by a series of activities involving the triad of teaching, research and extension, there are countless fronts on which these institutions operate and which need to be made public. The aim of this study was to identify the existence of texts reporting on scientific research on the websites of federal public universities located in the Northeast region of Brazil, through an exploratory study with a qualitative approach. The aim was to check whether the online addresses are used for scientific dissemination purposes. To collect the data, four visits were made, on different days and months in 2023 and 2024, to the institutional websites of nine federal public universities located in the Northeast region of Brazil. During the observation visits, there was a small number of texts about research when compared to the number of textual productions that published administrative and service facts. This shows the potential of making strategic use of the structure of the communication departments and institutional websites of federal public universities in order to carry out ongoing scientific dissemination work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The literature on repression and path dependence provides a solid theoretical tradition for understanding how regimes contain and repress protests and strikes. Less well-understood is how and why regimes react in the manner they do in containing industrial job action from critical and essential service sectors such as public doctors. Answering these questions is pertinent not only for advancing scholarly insights on repression literature but also for understanding the state's power, character and worker resistance in Africa. Utilizing the Zimbabwean case study, the article examines public hospital doctors' labour protests during 2018 and 2019. The article contends that how repressive regimes respond to collective job action is shaped by path dependence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Why is the Falklands/Malvinas case so prominent in the Argentine political narrative? Why is it almost absent in Britain? How can Britain afford to ignore United Nations General Assembly Resolutions calling for negotiations without the risk of being ostracised by the international community? The key to understanding the dispute lies in looking beyond material factors and examining the ideas behind the actions of the two actors involved. The Falklands/Malvinas case can thus be better examined as an identity dispute; a constructivist analysis highlights how the impasse between Britain and Argentina is the result of their different perceptions of the history of the islands, the international legal principles that apply to the case and the role Britain plays in the world system. Such diverging perceptions, in turn, prevent the parties from settling the dispute. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Employees can be proactive in establishing good working relationships with their managers to enhance their own effectiveness. We propose that an important way that they can do so is by engaging in behaviors we refer to as "Managing Your Boss" (MYB) that involve employees taking the initiative to understand their managers' goals, needs, and working styles and adapt their job priorities and actions accordingly. We integrate theories on proactivity and followership to lay the conceptual foundation for the study of MYB. We underscore the conceptual distinctiveness of MYB from related constructs. Moreover, we propose that MYB can help employees improve their performance by enabling them to develop high quality leader-member exchanges (LMX) and argue that these effects are amplified in unstructured work environmentswhere jobs are not standardized orwhenmanagers fail to provide adequate task structure. Using 1313 working adults across a set of four studies and seven samples, we develop a validated measure of MYB, establish its nomological network, and demonstrate support for key elements of our theoretical model. We discuss the implications of our findings for research and practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the life and impact of Hugh Clegg, a prominent British industrial relations academic from the 1950s to the 1990s. Clegg was influential in shaping public policy, particularly through his involvement in the Donovan Commission during the 1960s. The article also explores the decline of British trade unions and industrial relations crises, highlighting Clegg's contributions to social science and his legacy in mentoring future academics and practitioners in the field. [Extracted from the article]

This article examines labor conflicts and worker resistance in the context of Chinese capital in Africa through a case study of large-scale wildcat strikes staged by local workers against the Huanan Group, a Chinese-owned manufacturing firm in Ethiopia. Beginning in January 2019, these strikes lasted for over four months and were unprecedented in terms of both the scale and duration. The authors argue that the wildcat strikes grew out of workers' discontent caused by the company's semi-militarized despotic labor regime, which was characterized by low wages, intense labor process, and militarized management style. The discontent among workers failed to materialize into effective forms of protest in previous years because the national institutions granted sufficient support for the labor regime and suppressed workers' agency. However, changes in Ethiopia's political environment from the mid-2010s led to the strengthening of worker power and the deterioration of state-business relations, which destabilized the status of the labor regime and provided the capacity for wildcat strikes to develop. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores the effectiveness of labor mediators in Chile, focusing on their use of strategies of mediation in compulsory mediation, based on the successful mediator questionnaire developed by Golberg (2005) and the key factors explaining why parties trust the mediator proposed by Poitras et al., (2003) and Poitras (2009). The self-descriptions were analyzed using Atlas.ti 23 software, from which the suggested category system of mediation strategies for building a good relationship with conflict parties was used. Mediators reported the use of two types of strategies, contextual and reflective in compulsory mediation. The results of this research show that the main reason for successful performances reported by mediators was due to the use of contextual and reflective strategies in two types of conflicts (rights and interest-based conflicts) in compulsory mediation in Chile. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article examines the identity (re)work undertaken by junior doctors during the junior doctors' contract dispute of 2015–16 in the National Health Service (NHS). A qualitative, longitudinal approach was used, consisting of 31 interviews with 18 junior doctors across two time periods. Findings show that the junior doctors' strike represented a major threat to their professional identities, and that the strike action instigated significant identity (re)work for the doctors. Furthermore, findings reveal three overlapping 'identity threat alleviation' strategies that were constructed by striking doctors: reluctant acceptance of their weak bargaining power due to their professional identities; a subsequent reattachment to their normative professional values; and a focus on their future careers. This study examines the effects of a 'white collar' industrial dispute through the lens of professional identity, showing how medics employ identity (re)work as a resource to help them cope with perceived assaults on their professional identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In today’s globalized world, social and labor disputes have become a significant concern for individuals and organizations. This paper aims to explore the prevention and resolution of such conflicts, focusing on both international practices and the specific experience of Kazakhstan. By examining the literature, research methodology, and analytical reports, we will gain insights into effective strategies and approaches to addressing social and labor conflicts. This article is optimized for SEO and provides valuable information for individuals, organizations, and policymakers seeking to navigate the complexities of social and labor disputes. International experience is a valuable source of knowledge and practice for improving government regulation and conflict-prevention mechanisms. The article examines strategic documents and economic indicators based on qualitative research by OECD countries on the prevention of the adverse consequences of social conflicts. The study examines a number strategic documents and programs for conflict prevention and resolution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the initiation of reforms and the opening-up policy in China, enterprises have played a pivotal role as a key pillar of local economic growth. Within the context of harmonious labor relations, the effective means of assisting enterprises in safeguarding their particular interests during labor disputes remains unresolved. Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) is able to capture a higher degree of complexity by testing theory-based conditions and environmental effects rather than focusing on a single effect of a single variable. Therefore, coming from a new institutionalist perspective, this study employed fsQCA to explore the causal relationships among factors including local economic environment, policy preferences, case complexity, party capability, and enterprise litigation success. Analyzing data from 28,685 labor dispute cases from Guangdong Province between 2015 and 2019, and utilizing enterprise data from the China Economic Information Network and the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System, we found that: (1) it is difficult for enterprises to succeed substantially in a single-antecedent condition; (2) There are four pathways to forming high enterprise victory, each involving different configurations of eight conditions; and (3) Judicial preference, employee legal representative, and enterprise legal representative are central elements in all aforementioned pathways, even if they are not necessary conditions for the success of high enterprises. The research results enrich our understanding of the current style of institutionalism, providing a valuable reference point for effectively improving the legal success of enterprises and improving the harmonious development of labor relations, with farreaching implications for the further study of the judicial protection of enterprise rights under the socialist system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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We analyse whether regionally embedded or firm-level capabilities drive regional diversification in industrial districts, examining the relationship between relatedness and Marshallian agglomerations. We argue that regional diversification lacks an explicit mechanism to explain branching into new products, positing that the origin of regional product branching is based on firm-level heterogeneity of capabilities and diversification, which is overlooked. Using mixed methods and patent analysis (1895–2019; 3592 patents and utility models), product diversification in the Toy Valley district in Alicante (Spain) is analysed, showing that firm-level related diversification with extensive local search explains the mechanism of the regional relatedness diversification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]