African and Asian migrants working on Irish fishing trawlers are to be given new immigration rights to protect them from trafficking and modern slavery. Non-EEA fishing workers will no longer …
EU law fixes minimum rights for ‘gig economy’ workers
The European Parliament has approved new EU rules to protect workers in the so-called “gig economy”. The law sets minimum rights and demands increased transparency for those in “on-demand” jobs, …
Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile is currently a paper tiger
Concrete improvements for garment workers are not forthcoming The ‘Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile’ (CKT) was signed almost three years ago. Today, the CKT published its second annual …
Vedanta Resources PLC v Lungowe
The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, found that a claim brought by a group of Zambian villagers against Vedanta Resources Plc and its Zambian subsidiary, Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), could …
UK Supreme Court rules Zambians can sue miner Vedanta
Thousands of Zambian villagers can bring a legal challenge in the English courts against mining company Vedanta over alleged pollution in Zambia, the UK’s highest court ruled on Wednesday. The Supreme Court said …
Antuzis & Ors v DJ Houghton Catching Services Ltd & Ors [2019] EWHC 843 (QB) (08 April 2019)
The High Court ruled in favour of a group of Lithuanian men who were put to work in terrible conditions by a British company, catching chickens at farms all over …
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Commentary: Jabir et al vs. KiK: Do EU companies have an extraterritorial duty towards suppliers in global production chains?
Multinational companies not only maintain subsidiaries in multiple jurisdictions but have increasingly outsourced production to independent suppliers. Industrial disasters like the Ali Enterprises (AE) factory fire in Karachi, Pakistan, or …