Uber loses EU case against French criminal charges

The EU Courts have decided that the EU does not need to be “pre-notified” about national criminal laws applying to Uber managers for running an “illegal taxi service.” While Uber …

Rebalancing Worker Rights and Property Rights in Digitalised Work

This chapter examines how companies appeal to property rights to limit the scope of labour legislation, focusing on disputes over employment status involving service work and work coordinated through digital …

Tobacco’s Hidden Children: Hazardous Child Labor in United States Tobacco Farming

Human Rights Watch findings set out in this report, show that no child under age 18 should be permitted to perform work in which they come into direct contact with tobacco …

A Bitter Harvest: Child Labor and Human Rights Abuses on Tobacco Farms in Zimbabwe

Human Rights Watch research in 2016 and 2017 into conditions on tobacco farms in Zimbabwe revealed an industry tainted by child labor and confronted by other serious human rights problems …

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The Philippines: Jollibee ordered to regularize 6,000 workers: Inspections set on food chains

On April 4, 2018, the Department of Labor and Employment of the Philippines (DOLE) ordered a Philippine multinational food chain, Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC), to regularize 6,482 deployed by its …

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Ecuador: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017

Section 7 of the report addresses broadly the current situation of the workers’ rights. The report analyses the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining in the country. …

The Employment Law Review – Ghana

This article provides an overview of the employment legal regime in Ghana. The author discusses the sources of labor law, elements of an employment relationship, wages and overtime, foreign workers, …

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Nigeria: Irikefe Patience v. Global Feet Oil & Gas Ltd. NICN/LA/624/2015

The judgment bothered on two major claims. One, the claimant claimed that defendant had deducted her transport allowance from her remuneration for a period of years, on the promise the …

Nigeria: Irikefe Patience v. Global Feet Oil & Gas Ltd. NICN/LA/624/2015

The judgment bothered on two major claims. One, the claimant claimed that defendant had deducted her transport allowance from her remuneration for a period of years, on the promise the …

What if Your Ability to Stay in This Country Depended on Your Employer?

Describes personal accounts of what happens when guestworkers try to stand up to their employers to confront labor abuse. https://www.thenation.com/article/what-if-your-ability-stay-country-depended-your-employer/

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