All informal workers face climate change and it impacts their livelihood – reduced income as well as reduced hours of work. Workers talk about fatigue and dehydration, excessive sweating, and …
Phoenix passes landmark rule requiring heat protection for outdoor workers
Phoenix, Arizona, passed a landmark rule this week that will provide protections from extreme heat for thousands of outdoor workers in the hottest US city. In a unanimous 7-0 vote, …
Are there workers’ environmental rights in EU law?
Over recent decades, we have seen an increase in academic exploration of the interactions between workers and the environment, including the emergence of new fields such as environmental labour studies. Labour lawyers have …
ILAW Network presenta Amicus Curiae ante la Corte Interamericana para Opinión Consultiva sobre Emergencia Climática y Derechos Humanos
El pasado 18 de diciembre ILAW Network presentó ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos excrito de Amicus Curiae en el trámite de la Opinión Consultiva solicitada por Colombia y …
International Journal of Comparative Labour Law & Industrial Relations: Special Issue Labour – Environment Nexus
This special issue is the result of a scholarly dialogue in which the guest-editors and the article contributors engaged in the context of the international symposium ‘The Labour-Environment Nexus: Legal …
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In the face of climate change, workers’ health is put to the test by new dangers
“Under the midday sun, lugging a heavy cooler in one hand and a mini barbecue in the other, Edimar Santiago walks the length and breadth of Rio de Janeiro’s Vermelha …