Should religious employers be able to discriminate against their transgender employees in the provision of health insurance? Recently, in Religious Sisters of Mercy v. Azar, a federal district court in …
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ILO: Decent work in a globalized economy: Lessons from public and private initiatives
“The hybridization and proliferation of forms and mechanisms of governance is a consequence of the fragmentation of production across national boundaries. The emergence of global supply chains has provided new …
Indian Supreme Court Upholds Reasonable Accommodation for Persons with Disabilities
On February 11, 2021, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India in Vikash Kumar v. Union Public Service Commission (Vikash Kumar) held that that an individual suffering from …
Okpabi v Shell and Lungowe v Vedanta Dispel Three Myths
Last Friday, the Supreme Court decided Okpabi v Shell. This is the most recent of a series of cases on the duty of care that UK parent companies may owe …
UK Okpabi et al v Shell: UK Supreme Court Reaffirms Parent Companies May Owe a Duty of Care Towards Communities Impacted by their Subsidiaries in Third Countries
“The much-awaited judgment by the UK Supreme Court (SC) in Okpabi and others v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and another (Okpabi) was handed down in an online hearing on Friday 12 February 2021 some …
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ILO Committee of Experts Annual Report 2021
Application of International Labour Standards 2021 Addendum to the 2020 Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations International Labour Conference 109th Session, 2021 https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—ed_norm/—relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_771042.pdf
The Right to Strike as Customary International Law
Brudney_The Right to Stike as Customary International Law
Non-standard workers and the self-employed in the EU
Social protection during the Covid-19 pandemic “The lockdown and other restrictive measures introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic recession have had a strong impact on labour markets …
ILAW Network Amicus Brief to the US Supreme Court
The ILAW Network submitted an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court concerning the right of trade unions to access rural workers employed on private farms. The brief provides a …
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Amazon’s Great Labor Awakening
Covid-19 has cemented the e-commerce giant’s hold on the economy — but it has also spurred employees all around the country to organize. When Abdul Tokhi, a father of two …