France: Cour de Cassation, Chambre Sociale, November 15, 2017, 16-14.281

Procedure explanation: Highest Court in Labor Law Matters. All other courts must follow its ruling. An employee having been terminated on the ground of his age has been discriminated.  Under …

Mongolia: Is strike a protest or ‘manipulative threat’ to the government?

The Mongolian News Agency reported on a 3 month protest of employees and teachers in the education sector. The strike involved over 30,000 secondary schools, kindergardens and educational organizations. https://montsame.mn/mn/read/72224

Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) and RooFoods Limited T/A Deliveroo

The IWGB (the Union) submitted an application to the CAC dated 28 November 2016 that it should be recognised for collective bargaining by RooFoods Limited T/A Deliveroo (Deliveroo) for a …

UBER B.V. vs. Aslam

Here, Uber lost its appeal against a decision that its drivers are properly classified as workers. Driver Yaseen Aslam had previously won an employment tribunal case in 2016 which cited Uber’s …

Order No. 777 of the Russian Ministry of Labour of November 9, 2017 approved guidelines against employment-related disabilities discrimination

According to the guidelines, the regional governmental employment agencies are required to help disabled individuals to find jobs, request audits of the employers allegedly discriminated the employees and control compliance …

Belgium: C.Trav., 23 Oct. 2017, Case Nr. 2015/AB/934

Failure to provide reasonable accommodation is in itself discrimination only in so far as it can be qualified as a refusal, which presupposes that a request for accommodation has been …

Belgium: Cass., 9 Oct. 2017, S.12.0062.N, applying the CJEU decision

It follows from the European Court of Justice’s decision that the right to compensation of a worker dismissed as a result of non-compliance with an employer’s order or prohibition which …

GSP PLUS AND LABOR STANDARDS IN PAKISTAN: THE CHASM BETWEEN CONDITIONS AND COMPLIANCE

This report assesses the progress of the GSP+ program between the European Union and Pakistan towards better labor standards in Pakistan in the light of a three-pronged analysis comprising, (1) …

The Employment Status of Uber Drivers A Comparative Report Prepared For The Social Law Project, University Of The Western Cape

Oxford Pro Bono Publico University sponsored research project from 2017 highlighting the status of Uber drivers in a variety of jurisdictions with a comparison between drivers in the United Kingdom, Ireland, …

Intel [v. European Commission] (6 September 2017)

Court of Appeal allows plaintiffs in civil cartel damages actions to advance claims based on overcharges incurred by their supply chain operations outside of the European Union (EU), provided that …

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