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EU top court rejects Denmark’s bid to annul bloc-wide rules to set minimum wage

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Tuesday that an EU directive aiming to establish an “adequate” minimum wage in all 27 member states is valid, after Denmark tried …

MetroAirtel vs. Mr. Olakunle Jagun: A Landmark Case On Workplace Discrimination, Corporate Power

In what legal experts are describing as a watershed moment in Nigeria’s fight against workplace discrimination, the National Industrial Court sitting in Lagos has delivered a landmark judgment against telecommunications …

Appeals Court Sides With Home Depot Over NLRB in BLM Dispute

Home Depot Inc. doesn’t have to rehire a Minnesota retail worker after a federal appeals court held that the National Labor Relations Board “improperly evaluated” the reasons for the company’s …

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Case C‑19/23 – action for annulment under Article 263 TFEU, brought on 18 January 2023,

By its application, the Kingdom of Denmark seeks, primarily, annulment of Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in …

Driven Down: How Workplace Technology Enables Amazon to Steal Wages, Hide Labor, Intensify Poor Working Conditions, and Evade Responsibility

“Amazon delivery drivers, alongside warehouse workers and other people in the Amazon delivery supply chain, are subject to intense amounts of surveillance. Amazon has multiple avenues for surveilling its delivery …

Nigeria: Jagun v. Airtel Networks Ltd.

Full Judgment of the Nigerian Industrial Court finding in favor the Mr. Jagun for unfair dismissal and discrimination based on his use of a wheelchair.    

The ‘Coldplay Incident’: Work and Private Life

Last summer, a woman and a man were embracing blissfully at a Coldplay concert when they were caught by a ‘kiss cam’, a camera that is used in concerts to …

Discrimination law, Section 3 Human Rights Act, and the Higgs Poser

Both human rights law and discrimination law share a concern to ensure respect for the dignity and autonomy of individuals.  Yet they pursue those shared values on parallel tracks through …

Anti-Trafficking Review: Climate Emergency and Work on a Heated Planet

“This Special Issue of Anti-Trafficking Review explores the impacts of the climate crisis on migration, precarious labour, and human trafficking. Contributions from across Asia, Africa, and the Americas illustrate how slow- …

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