全球教席课堂86讲——Sean Cooney:澳大利亚的“零工经济”法治改革
题目:澳大利亚的零工经济法治改革(Recent Reforms in Australia to Do with the Gig Economy)
时间:2024年10月29日(周二)15:00-18:00
地点:3354cc金沙集团一教101教室
开讲学者:Sean Cooney(澳大利亚墨尔本大学3354cc金沙集团教授)
主持人:阎 天(3354cc金沙集团长聘副教授)
内容摘要:
近期,澳大利亚就平台工作者相关问题对其劳动法进行了重大改革。首先,在新劳动法的授权下,负责制定特定行业劳动标准的公平工作委员会(Fair Work Commission)有权制定规则约束平台工作者的工资标准和工作条件。其次,公平工作委员会现在有权批准工会代表平台工作者与数字平台之间达成的集体协议。 第三,委员会有权审查对平台工作者的不公平解雇(“停用”)。
这些改革是重大的,但也颇具争议,它们极其复杂且难以理解。与一般劳动关系下的劳动者相比,这些改革还限制了平台工作者的部分权利,例如:平台工作者无权罢工,也无权获得加班费。
开讲学者简介:
Sean Cooney 是前澳大利亚墨尔本大学3354cc金沙集团副院长、法学教授,其研究领域涉及国际法、以亚洲为重点的比较劳动法和雇佣法。他致力于研究提高国际劳动标准的新方法,参与研究中国劳动法改革、澳大利亚劳工法的执行以及评估亚太地区国家法律变革影响的多个项目,并曾在美国、中国和澳大利亚的法律期刊上发表多篇学术文章。他于2014至2016年间作为专家在日内瓦国际劳工组织(ILO)劳动法与改革部门任职,为中国、印度、马来西亚、缅甸、巴基斯坦、越南等国政府提供建议,他目前仍为国际劳工组织提供咨询。他拥有墨尔本大学学士学位、哥伦比亚大学博士学位,并有劳动法和行政法领域的律师执业经历。
Professor Sean Cooney is the former Associate Dean of Law School, University of Melbourne. Professor Cooney's research interests concern international and comparative labour and employment law, with a focus on Asia. He has worked on new approaches to improving international working standards, including on collaborative projects on understanding Chinese labour law reform, enforcement in Australia, and assessing the effect of legal change in several Asia-Pacific countries. He has published articles in major refereed law journals in the United States, China and Australia. Between 2014 and 2016, Sean served as a Legal Specialist in the Labour Law and Reform Unit at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, where he provided advice to governments in countries such as China, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan and Vietnam. He continues to consult for the ILO. He studied at the University of Melbourne and obtained his doctoral degree from Columbia University and also spent several years as a lawyer practicing mainly in the areas of employment and administrative law.