Mauro Pucheta
@mauropucheta.bsky.social
Lecturer at Kent Law School (UK) | Workers’ Rights & the Inter-American System of HR | Just Transition & Global South | Trade Blocs & Labour (Mercosur) | 🇦🇷 + LatAm
https://www.kent.ac.uk/law/people/4761/pucheta-mauro
https://www.kent.ac.uk/law/people/4761/pucheta-mauro
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Important new article on informality under the IASHR by @mauropucheta.bsky.social and @renanbkalil.bsky.social, open access in the ILJ. Exploring the potential for a rights-based model and calling for a more systematic recognition of informal workers by the Court. academic.oup.com/ilj/advance-...
Informal Workers, Vulnerability and Human Rights: An Inter-American Story
ABSTRACT . Informality is a defining feature of labour markets in Latin America and the Caribbean, where nearly half of the workforce remains excluded from
academic.oup.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Important new article on informality under the IASHR by @mauropucheta.bsky.social and @renanbkalil.bsky.social, open access in the ILJ. Exploring the potential for a rights-based model and calling for a more systematic recognition of informal workers by the Court. academic.oup.com/ilj/advance-...
Excited to see our article published in the Industrial Law Journal!
We argue that, building on the Inter-American Court’s protective jurisprudence, informal workers in Latin America should be recognised as a vulnerable group, given the structural nature of informality. doi.org/10.1093/indl...
We argue that, building on the Inter-American Court’s protective jurisprudence, informal workers in Latin America should be recognised as a vulnerable group, given the structural nature of informality. doi.org/10.1093/indl...
Informal Workers, Vulnerability and Human Rights: An Inter-American Story
ABSTRACT . Informality is a defining feature of labour markets in Latin America and the Caribbean, where nearly half of the workforce remains excluded from
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Excited to see our article published in the Industrial Law Journal!
We argue that, building on the Inter-American Court’s protective jurisprudence, informal workers in Latin America should be recognised as a vulnerable group, given the structural nature of informality. doi.org/10.1093/indl...
We argue that, building on the Inter-American Court’s protective jurisprudence, informal workers in Latin America should be recognised as a vulnerable group, given the structural nature of informality. doi.org/10.1093/indl...
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1/ 🌍🚨 Overcoming five key challenges to make the energy transition a just labor transition — now in @natcomms.nature.com. w/ @sharanburrow.bsky.social, @alanfinkshap.bsky.social, @ct-economics.bsky.social, @mauropucheta.bsky.social, @danielraimi.bsky.social, @terzibus.bsky.social + colleagues
Overcoming five key challenges to make the energy transition a just labor transition - Nature Communications
Shifting rapidly to a low-emissions global economy could severely disrupt workers’ livelihoods and their communities, exacerbating inequalities and perpetuating injustice. In a Just Labor Transition, ...
www.nature.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
1/ 🌍🚨 Overcoming five key challenges to make the energy transition a just labor transition — now in @natcomms.nature.com. w/ @sharanburrow.bsky.social, @alanfinkshap.bsky.social, @ct-economics.bsky.social, @mauropucheta.bsky.social, @danielraimi.bsky.social, @terzibus.bsky.social + colleagues
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A few weeks ago, I participated in this academic conversation as a peer commentator. It was an interesting exchange with colleagues about employment status and research methodologies. Thanks to the Global South Network for the invitation. @mauropucheta.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJmf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJmf...
June 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A few weeks ago, I participated in this academic conversation as a peer commentator. It was an interesting exchange with colleagues about employment status and research methodologies. Thanks to the Global South Network for the invitation. @mauropucheta.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJmf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJmf...
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Organising a Special Session at the ILERA European Congress (Durham, 10-12 September) on Re-Quantification of Labour Law - including in the #WorldBank's B-Ready index - with Sangheon Lee @ilo.org Simon Deakin @jbs.cam.ac.uk Bernd Brandl @durham-university.bsky.social bit.ly/ILERASS25
March 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Organising a Special Session at the ILERA European Congress (Durham, 10-12 September) on Re-Quantification of Labour Law - including in the #WorldBank's B-Ready index - with Sangheon Lee @ilo.org Simon Deakin @jbs.cam.ac.uk Bernd Brandl @durham-university.bsky.social bit.ly/ILERASS25
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Happy this is out. Thank you to all who patiently listened and generously suggested improvements. All are remembered. academic.oup.com/ilj/advance-...
Safe in Leicester Town?1 Law’s Reach to Those Working for Less Than the National Minimum Wage
Abstract. This article examines the origins of paragraph 2.42 of the guidance issued under the Modern Slavery Act 2015, which concerns identification. It t
academic.oup.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Happy this is out. Thank you to all who patiently listened and generously suggested improvements. All are remembered. academic.oup.com/ilj/advance-...
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Trump fired the NLRB's pro-worker general counsel and its acting chair.
He's effectively gutted the agency tasked with defending the rights of workers to organize.
Guess who has recently filed lawsuits aimed at invalidating the agency altogether?
Amazon and SpaceX.
He's effectively gutted the agency tasked with defending the rights of workers to organize.
Guess who has recently filed lawsuits aimed at invalidating the agency altogether?
Amazon and SpaceX.
Trump fires US labor board member, hobbling agency amid legal battles
President Donald Trump has removed a Democratic member of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board from office, an unprecedented move that will escalate an ongoing legal battle over the scope of the president's powers to control federal agencies.
www.reuters.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Trump fired the NLRB's pro-worker general counsel and its acting chair.
He's effectively gutted the agency tasked with defending the rights of workers to organize.
Guess who has recently filed lawsuits aimed at invalidating the agency altogether?
Amazon and SpaceX.
He's effectively gutted the agency tasked with defending the rights of workers to organize.
Guess who has recently filed lawsuits aimed at invalidating the agency altogether?
Amazon and SpaceX.
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True blue sky thinking. Come to this free event at City on 6 March at 4pm. Sign up button is at the end. www.city.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Minimum wage: tool of emancipation or tool of coercion? | City, University of London
This panel discussion explores the concept of the minimum wage, focusing on the extent to which it is a tool of emancipation or a tool of coercion.
www.city.ac.uk
January 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
True blue sky thinking. Come to this free event at City on 6 March at 4pm. Sign up button is at the end. www.city.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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Feels like a long time since we had a really juicy TUPE case to puzzle over. Here's one that looks at objections to the transfer and constructive dismissal. I haven't got my head around it yet. Need more coffee
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assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/675816...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
December 12, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Feels like a long time since we had a really juicy TUPE case to puzzle over. Here's one that looks at objections to the transfer and constructive dismissal. I haven't got my head around it yet. Need more coffee
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/675816...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/675816...
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Join our session Thursday 6pm @KCL.ac.uk on big tech media regulation - and reforming it.
Misinformation and bias are rife on X, YouTube, Facebook + TikTok.
What's next after the Online Safety Act + Digital Services Act?
With me+@bernardkeenan.bsky.social - register👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/curre...
Misinformation and bias are rife on X, YouTube, Facebook + TikTok.
What's next after the Online Safety Act + Digital Services Act?
With me+@bernardkeenan.bsky.social - register👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/curre...
Current Issues in Labour's Economic Policy: Big tech media
Join us for the tenth and final lecture in the 'Current Issues in Labour's Economic Policy' lecture series
www.kcl.ac.uk
December 10, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Join our session Thursday 6pm @KCL.ac.uk on big tech media regulation - and reforming it.
Misinformation and bias are rife on X, YouTube, Facebook + TikTok.
What's next after the Online Safety Act + Digital Services Act?
With me+@bernardkeenan.bsky.social - register👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/curre...
Misinformation and bias are rife on X, YouTube, Facebook + TikTok.
What's next after the Online Safety Act + Digital Services Act?
With me+@bernardkeenan.bsky.social - register👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/curre...
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December 9, 2024 at 11:14 AM
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EU and Mercosur agree free trade agreement: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Qs and As: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Still needs to go through ratification process, of course
Qs and As: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Still needs to go through ratification process, of course
EU and Mercosur reach political agreement on groundbreaking partnership
Today, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and her counterparts from four Mercosur countries finalised negotiations for a groundbreaking EU-Mercosur partnership agreement
ec.europa.eu
December 6, 2024 at 3:20 PM
EU and Mercosur agree free trade agreement: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Qs and As: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Still needs to go through ratification process, of course
Qs and As: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Still needs to go through ratification process, of course
The European Union-MERCOSUR agreement represents the world's largest trade and investment partnership, uniting a market of nearly 750 million people. While this is a significant milestone, it's just the beginning of what could be a lengthy ratification process. 🧵 (1/5)
This is a good day for the EU and our partners in Latin America.
The historic EU-Mercosur agreement will create the world's biggest trade zone – leading to more jobs, more choices and more opportunities for Europeans.
The historic EU-Mercosur agreement will create the world's biggest trade zone – leading to more jobs, more choices and more opportunities for Europeans.
December 6, 2024 at 11:41 PM
The European Union-MERCOSUR agreement represents the world's largest trade and investment partnership, uniting a market of nearly 750 million people. While this is a significant milestone, it's just the beginning of what could be a lengthy ratification process. 🧵 (1/5)
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I spoke to BBC Farming Today on the Seasonal Worker Visa and exploitation risks for migrant agricultural workers - available from c4.45 minutes in www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... . The visa is restrictive, with a short duration and limits on changing employer, while workers incur significant costs.
Farming Today - 06/12/24 Labour exploitation, seasonal workers, a life changing experience. - BBC Sounds
How seasonal pickers can be at risk of exploitation.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 10:19 AM
I spoke to BBC Farming Today on the Seasonal Worker Visa and exploitation risks for migrant agricultural workers - available from c4.45 minutes in www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... . The visa is restrictive, with a short duration and limits on changing employer, while workers incur significant costs.
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my book, "Good Company: Economic Policy after Shareholder Primacy," is officially out today 📚
a brief thread on what it's about 🧵
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
a brief thread on what it's about 🧵
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Good Company
On the faulty intellectual origins of shareholder primacy—and how policy can win back what’s been lost. In an era of shareholder primacy, share price is king. Businesses operate with short-term goals ...
press.uchicago.edu
December 5, 2024 at 3:00 PM
my book, "Good Company: Economic Policy after Shareholder Primacy," is officially out today 📚
a brief thread on what it's about 🧵
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
a brief thread on what it's about 🧵
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Who will qualify for the right to be offered guaranteed hours? In the Employment Rights Bill Committee Stage debate on 3 December, the Government suggested that the scope of the new right might be wider than you think.
New post from me:
rangeofreasonableresponses.com/2024/12/05/g...
New post from me:
rangeofreasonableresponses.com/2024/12/05/g...
Guaranteed hours – who will qualify?
How many hours do you have to work before you are no longer on a ‘low hours’ contract? The question is crucial to the right to guaranteed hours contained in the Employment Rights Bill currently at …
rangeofreasonableresponses.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Who will qualify for the right to be offered guaranteed hours? In the Employment Rights Bill Committee Stage debate on 3 December, the Government suggested that the scope of the new right might be wider than you think.
New post from me:
rangeofreasonableresponses.com/2024/12/05/g...
New post from me:
rangeofreasonableresponses.com/2024/12/05/g...
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Here's a labour law and labour rights starter pack - please do share, and tell me if you want to be added!
go.bsky.app/FhMsGKA
go.bsky.app/FhMsGKA
December 4, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Here's a labour law and labour rights starter pack - please do share, and tell me if you want to be added!
go.bsky.app/FhMsGKA
go.bsky.app/FhMsGKA
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EU employment law - latest redraft of proposed EU law on traineeships - not agreed yet, but Member States' ministers will discuss and might agree on Monday - data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...
If agreed, would still need to be negotiated with the European Parliament
If agreed, would still need to be negotiated with the European Parliament
data.consilium.europa.eu
November 30, 2024 at 1:57 PM
EU employment law - latest redraft of proposed EU law on traineeships - not agreed yet, but Member States' ministers will discuss and might agree on Monday - data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...
If agreed, would still need to be negotiated with the European Parliament
If agreed, would still need to be negotiated with the European Parliament
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The Spanish platform Glovo announces it will now hire its riders as workers. Spanish colleagues can correct me, but I think this results from a clear, simple legal rule and, above all, systematic enforcement by the Labour Inspectorate and other bodies. @luzrodriguez.bsky.social @ibdehere.bsky.social
🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | Glovo anuncia que abandona su modelo de falsos autónomos un día antes de que su fundador declare en un proceso penal
https://buff.ly/4fTgFQr
https://buff.ly/4fTgFQr
Glovo anuncia que abandona su modelo de falsos autónomos un día antes de que su fundador declare en un proceso penal
La empresa acumula más de 200 millones de euros en sanciones y cotizaciones impagadas a la Seguridad Social. Pasa a un modelo laboral, con repartidores contratados
buff.ly
December 2, 2024 at 11:16 AM
The Spanish platform Glovo announces it will now hire its riders as workers. Spanish colleagues can correct me, but I think this results from a clear, simple legal rule and, above all, systematic enforcement by the Labour Inspectorate and other bodies. @luzrodriguez.bsky.social @ibdehere.bsky.social
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Excellent piece from @sarahoconnorft.bsky.social
Why the public doesn’t buy the idea of a ‘green jobs’ bonanza on.ft.com/4fH0nKE
@ibarthes.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social @industrialleurope.bsky.social
Why the public doesn’t buy the idea of a ‘green jobs’ bonanza on.ft.com/4fH0nKE
@ibarthes.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social @industrialleurope.bsky.social
Why the public doesn’t buy the idea of a ‘green jobs’ bonanza
People understand that transitions are hard — politicians need to as well
on.ft.com
November 30, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Excellent piece from @sarahoconnorft.bsky.social
Why the public doesn’t buy the idea of a ‘green jobs’ bonanza on.ft.com/4fH0nKE
@ibarthes.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social @industrialleurope.bsky.social
Why the public doesn’t buy the idea of a ‘green jobs’ bonanza on.ft.com/4fH0nKE
@ibarthes.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social @industrialleurope.bsky.social
Spain introduces paid climate leave after deadly floods www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Spain introduces paid climate leave after deadly floods
Government approves up to four days of paid leave so workers can avoid travelling during weather emergencies
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Spain introduces paid climate leave after deadly floods www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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#SocialProtection is a crucial safety net for people affected by #ClimateChange and #GreenTransition. In this @etui.bsky.social brief, Alberto Barrio and I outline how the #EU Fair Transition Recommendation encourages states to rethink social protection systems for a #JustTransition.
👉 etui.org/ZBA
👉 etui.org/ZBA
November 21, 2024 at 9:45 AM
#SocialProtection is a crucial safety net for people affected by #ClimateChange and #GreenTransition. In this @etui.bsky.social brief, Alberto Barrio and I outline how the #EU Fair Transition Recommendation encourages states to rethink social protection systems for a #JustTransition.
👉 etui.org/ZBA
👉 etui.org/ZBA
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🔥Watch @thebigbogg.bsky.social Simon Deakin + Melanie Simms cut to the heart of the Employment Bill:
⏩the Bill only restores the 2015 position, not 1965
🌍we're still the most restrictive in the western world on unions
0⃣the Regulatory Policy Comm "surprised" us
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
⏩the Bill only restores the 2015 position, not 1965
🌍we're still the most restrictive in the western world on unions
0⃣the Regulatory Policy Comm "surprised" us
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Parliamentlive.tv
Employment Rights Bill
parliamentlive.tv
November 30, 2024 at 12:27 PM
🔥Watch @thebigbogg.bsky.social Simon Deakin + Melanie Simms cut to the heart of the Employment Bill:
⏩the Bill only restores the 2015 position, not 1965
🌍we're still the most restrictive in the western world on unions
0⃣the Regulatory Policy Comm "surprised" us
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
⏩the Bill only restores the 2015 position, not 1965
🌍we're still the most restrictive in the western world on unions
0⃣the Regulatory Policy Comm "surprised" us
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...