Kenya Union of Entertainment and Music Industry Employees v Bomas of Kenya Limited

This case is about the relationship between the company and two different trade unions. The right to represent the employees requires the trade union represents a simple majority of unionisable …

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New Zealand: Williams v. BSL Produce Limited [2018] NZERA Wellington 93 (Employment Relations Authority- Wellington) 

Mr. Williams worked for BSL Produce Limited from 22 November 2017 until 11 April 2018. He sought compensation for unjustifiable dismissal.  BSL argued no remedy was available because the Applicant …

Collective Labour Agreement – Ryanair and two Cabin Crew unions (CNE-CSC & LBC-NVK)

Attached is the Collective Labour Agreement between low fare airline Ryanair and two of its Cabin Crew unions, CNE-CSC & LBC-NVK.  The agreement recognizes that workers whose home base is …

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Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutional, Hospitals and Allied Workers (Kudheiha) v Kenyatta National Hospital

This case is about the right of the court to interfere with the negotiation of the Collective Bargain Agreement. The court thought it shall not interfere with the negotiation because …

Doe v. Nestle

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday revived a lawsuit claiming that Nestle SA and agribusiness company Cargill Inc. aided and abetted child slavery on cocoa farms …

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Philippines: House approves bill granting OFWs equal protection on their money claims

The Philippines House of Representative approved the amendment of a provision of the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act (Paragraph 5, Section 10 of Republic Act 8042) to grant overseas …

UK: Spaceman v ISS Mediclean Ltd (t/a ISS Facility Service Healthcare) [2018] UKEAT 0142_18_1910 (19 October 2018)

This case was an appeal by an employee in the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) who was dismissed by his employer after an employer investigation into the employee’s alleged sexual harassment and …

Agnes Andrew Mwaniki Gachuba v National Oil Corporation of Kenya

This case is about probationary contracts. The court believed that the probationary contract would be automatically confirmed if the contract was not either terminated or the probation period was not …

Ethnic hierarchy in the Russian labour market: A field experiment

This paper is based on the results of the correspondence study of ethnic discrimination on the Russian labor market. The authors conducted their research in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan and Ufa …

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New Zealand: Minimum rights of employees 

Information on minimum employment rights and responsibilities available in various languages and could be downloaded as PDF. Provided by Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment of New Zealand. https://www.employment.govt.nz/starting-employment/rights-and-responsibilities/minimum-rights-of-employees-translations/