This briefing note prepared by ETUC is to assist in on-going negotiations around ‘short time work schemes’ as an alternative to having workers fully laid off, and are able to …
Kenya: Employee rights and guarantees during COVID-19 Pandemic
“Employment relationships are not commercial contracts, and the court must strive to achieve the delicate balance between the need for our national economic development, and the protection of the dignity …
WORKER RIGHTS EXPERTS FIELD COVID-19 QUERIES IN UKRAINE
In Ukraine, as workers face employer efforts to shortchange their pay, lay them off or take other adverse actions during the COVID-19 crisis, many are turning to Labor Initiatives, a Solidarity …
Pandemic is time to recognise gig workers’ rights
The sustained erosion of workers’ rights over decades of free-market deregulation has reached new lows with the advent of the so-called gig economy. The coronavirus crisis has made this struggle …
THE LABOR DEPARTMENT WON’T TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT HEALTH CARE WORKERS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS
Although nearly two weeks had passed since the United States’ first coronavirus patient died outside of Seattle, many nurses on this call still found themselves awash in conflicting information about …
State of emergency: how different countries are invoking extra powers to stop the coronavirus
National constitutions and international human rights treaties often contain clauses that allow governments to temporarily suspend their obligations in a time of crisis. They can invoke special powers that would …
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