In many respects, the tale of the arbitration of consumer and employment disputes in the US and Canada is a similar one. Both jurisdictions were traditionally hostile to arbitration, both jurisdictions had a complete change of heart in recent years, and in both jurisdictions arbitration is...

Digitalisation and the use of algorithms have raised concerns over the future of work, the gig economy being identified by some as particularly concerning. In this article, we draw on 70 interviews in addition to participant observations to highlight the role of gig economy platforms in...

This summer is seeing an upsurge in strikes and threats of strikes, with the number and scale of disputes being markedly higher than in the pre-Covid period. However, these disputes are concentrated in the public sector, or those parts of the private sector that were once nationalised...

The separability of an arbitration agreement from the underlying contract is a well-established theory in commercial arbitration. This theory has been applied by courts and arbitral tribunal across the globe without any deviance. However, the position becomes complex when the question is...

Arbitrability is whether parties to a transaction have submitted a particular dispute to be resolved via arbitration rather than by courts. In the arbitrability domain, a question that follows is “who decides” whether parties have determined arbitrators or judges should decide the...

It discusses an interesting legal issue on whether an unconscionable arbitration agreement should be void entirely, or merely severed the unconscionable bits. This piece focuses on the US law aspects discussed in the recent Canadian Supreme Court case of Uber v Heller.In particular, Côté J...

Using the 2019 ECS, we investigate the relationship between union organization, workplace representation, industrial relations quality and strike incidence. We also consider some six issues behind the most recent instances of industrial action or threatened industrial action and their outcomes....