In this piece, the author aims to emphasise the insufficiency of constitutional safeguards provided to public servants. It argues that special privileges granted under Article 309 do not justify the deprivation of fundamental labour rights. In doing so, the paper highlights the Supreme Court jurisprudence and traces the colonial origins of the privileges. The article further evaluates the concerns by analysing doctrinal ideas of labour law and offers proposals to guarantee fundamental labour rights for government employees. Continue reading The Erosion of the Labour Rights of Government Employees in the Name of Constitutional Protections (Part 2)

In this piece, the author aims to emphasise the insufficiency of constitutional safeguards provided to public servants. It argues that special privileges granted under Article 309 do not justify the deprivation of fundamental labour rights. In doing so, the paper highlights the Supreme Court jurisprudence and traces the colonial origins of the privileges. The article further evaluates the concerns by analysing doctrinal ideas of labour law and offers proposals to guarantee fundamental labour rights for government employees. Continue reading The Erosion of the Labour Rights of Government Employees in the Name of Constitutional Protections (Part 1)