The migration crisis: what can trade unions do?

The article shows the degradation of migrant workers’ lives. Also, the article focuses on the particular responsibilities of trade unions towards migrant workers problems. https://blog.oup.com/2016/01/migration-global-trade-unions/

Belgium: CGSLB, State of Strikes, 2016

This brochure takes place in a context where the right to strike and its exercise are more than ever called into question. It examines the origins and evolution of the …

Russian Law on Discrimination in Employment: Can It Be Compatible with International Labor Standards?

The paper deals with a general overview of legal framework for discrimination under Russian legislation and compliance of Russian legislation with international anti-discrimination rules. The paper contains examples of case …

Russian Law on Discrimination in Employment: Can it be Compatible with International Labor Standards?

This report analyzes the problems of employment discrimination in Russia. The first important problem is that it is up to the employer to determine what are the requirements of a …

Belgium: Femmes Prévoyantes Socialistes, « Sexual harassment in the workplace – Analysis », 2016

The law of 4 August 1996 on the well-being of workers during the performance of their work, amended by the law of 10 January 2007, defines sexual harassment at work …

Italy: Il Centro Studi Diritti & Lavoro Monthly Newsletters 2016

The Il Centro Studi Diritti & Lavoro is a legal research initiative in Italy founded by Fabio Rusconi and Andrea Danilo Conte. This is the compilation of the Italian language monthly newsletters …

Belgium: Cass., 14 Dec. 2015, case Nr. S.12.0119.N-S, 12.0154.N

Where the victim of established discrimination in employment relations or in supplementary social security schemes claims a lump sum equivalent to six months’ gross pay as compensation for non-material and …

OECD Case: Former employees vs. Heineken

NCPs involved: Netherlands NCP COUNTRY OF OPERATIONS: Democratic Republic of the Congo DATE: 14 December 2015 STATUS: Agreement ISSUES: The complaint alleged Heineken’s headquarters in the Netherlands was or should …

Federación de Servicios Privados del sindicato Comisiones obreras (CC.OO.) v Tyco Integrated Security SL, Tyco Integrated Fire & Security Corporation Servicios SA

A Spanish trade union won a case against a multinational fire and security company called Tyco. The European Court of Justice held that when workers do not have a fixed …

Manole and “Romanian Farmers Direct” v. Romania

This case concerned the refusal of the Romanian courts to register a union of selfemployed farmers which the first applicant wished to set up. The Court held that there had …

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