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Collective labour rights for self-employed workers: A human rights-based approach of platform work KU Leuven
My research will focus on the human rights protection of self-employed workers, and specially on workers engaged in the so-called platform economy. This is because they often find themselves in the grey zone between employment and self-employment, an issue that it is certainly not novel. The widespread use of freelance jobs entails the risk of leaving such workers outside the scope of protection of fundamental human rights. Indeed, for instance, ...
Collective rights management and multi-territorial licensing:the Commission's proposal for a Directive Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This paper examines the recent proposal for a directive on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online uses in the internal market.
The constraints of fundamental social rights on EU economic monitoring: collective complaints: no. 76-80/2012, IKA-ETAM, Panhellenic Federation of Public Service Pensions, ISAP, POS-DEI, ATE v. Greece Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The outbreak of the financial and economic crisis (2008) had a severe impact on national economies worldwide, including those of the Member States of the European Union. Countries such as Greece, were forced to ask the Troika for additional financial aid. In return, they were obliged to reduce public spending, which resulted in a drastic reform of the national social security system. This has led to a tension between budgetary measures and the ...