South Africa: September and Others v CMI Business Enterprise CC [(CCT279/16) [2018] ZACC 4; 2018 (4) BCLR 483 (CC); (2018) 39 ILJ 987 (CC); [2018] 5 BLLR 431 (CC) (27 February 2018)]

South Africa: Three employees and their employer failed to reach a conciliation on the issue of racial discrimination at the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), which is an …

Altitude Express v. Zarda

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Title VII does cover discrimination because of sexual orientation. The case concerns a recreational parachuting company that fired one of its trainers, David Zarda, …

Belgium: Arbeidshof Brus., 22 Feb. 2018, Case Nr. 2016/AB/742

The fact that investigators were only obliged to inform of their absences but were not required to justify them and that they did not have to take any particular formality …

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FUNDAMENTAL LABOUR RIGHTS, PLATFORM WORK AND HUMAN-RIGHTS PROTECTION OF NONSTANDARD WORKERS

The spread of non-standard forms of employment in industrialised and developing countries over the last decades has prompted an extensive debate on how to reshape labour regulation to accommodate these …

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Canada Announces Two New Initiatives to Hold Companies Accountable for Human Rights Violations Abroad

The authors describe two recently-announced Canadian initiatives designed to address “human trafficking, child labor, and other forms of forced labor in global corporate operations.” The article further details the role …

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Article: “China’s first transgender employment discrimination case: partial victory”

http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article43153 An appeals court in China’s southwestern city of Guiyang has maintained the original verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the country’s first lawsuit over transgender discrimination in employment. …

Lawson v. GRUBHUB HOLDINGS INC.

A Grubhub restaurant delivery driver in California was an independent contractor rather than an employee with rights to minimum wage and overtime under the state wage law and Private Attorneys …

Statement of Claim before the Danish Labour Court against Ryanair by the DCTU on behalf of the Services Union

This is a Statement of Claim that was submitted to the Danish Labour Court in 2015 by the Danish Conferedation of Trade Unions on behalf of The Services Union.  The …

India’s Law on Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace

The research paper examines India’s legal framework to prevent sexual harassment at the workplace from its conception in 1999 where the Supreme Court, recognizing legislative vacuum, framed guidelines that formed …

Nigeria: PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER 5 – FOR PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF PROJECTS, PROMOTION OF NIGERIAN CONTENT IN CONTRACTS AND SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

On February 5, 2018, the President issued an executive order to improve local content in public procurement and contracts related to science, engineering and technology. Amongst other things, the order …

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