Public Sector Labour Relations

Artificial Intelligence, EU Law, Public Sector Labour Relations

(Università di Pisa (Italy))/ /Leave a comment

Introduction The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the labour market is fuelling a global debate about its potential to revolutionize recruitment processes, including in the public sector. Public hiring systems, traditionally founded on open competitions to ensure meritocracy, transparency, and equal access to public employment, may soon be challenged by AI’s ability to automate…

Canada, Collective Bargaining, Covid-19, Labor Law, Labour law, Public Sector Labour Relations

(Maynooth University (Ireland))/ /Leave a comment

Are public sector workers called upon to subsidise public sector services? As attention turns away from the Covid-19 pandemic and towards the economic challenges it created, a familiar discussion point arises: how do governments now reduce and/or restrain public spending? Drawing from the immediate past The reduction/restraint approach was adopted in response to the Great…