This article argues there is no one-size-fits-all approach to the role of consent to labour exploitation. However, there is significant value in considering the theoretical underpinnings of different legal interventions addressing labour exploitation. The article first explores different theoretical accounts of exploitation in political philosophy: emphasising taking unfair advantage, violation of dignity or coercion. Following the theoretical analysis, the article maps the different legal interventions in labour law, criminal law and public law. It suggests that the starting point of analysing consent to labour exploitation—fairness, dignity, individual coercion, structural coercion and consent—determines the result of the analysis. This section demonstrates the connection between different areas of law and different theoretical approaches to the role of consent to labour exploitation. The different approaches are then applied to examples based on real-world cases. The article concludes that in the context of labour exploitation, consent is a necessary but insufficient condition for the legitimacy and legality of the labour relations. The fairness of the result and protecting workers’ dignity should also be considered.

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同意劳动剥削

本文认为，对于同意劳动剥削的作用，不存在一刀切的方法。然而，考虑解决劳动力剥削问题的不同法律干预措施的理论基础具有重要价值。本文首先探讨了政治哲学中对剥削的不同理论解释：强调利用不公平的优势、侵犯尊严或胁迫。在理论分析之后，文章描绘了劳动法、刑法和公法中不同的法律干预。它表明，分析对劳动剥削的同意的出发点——公平、尊严、个人胁迫、结构性胁迫和同意——决定了分析的结果。本节展示了不同法律领域和关于同意劳动剥削的作用的不同理论方法之间的联系。然后将不同的方法应用于基于现实案例的示例。文章的结论是，在劳动剥削的背景下，同意是劳动关系合法性和合法性的必要而非充分条件。还应考虑结果的公平性和保护工人的尊严。