This brief article reports that the Trade Union Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional) Regulations 2017 SI 2017/139 were confirmed, as well as how the main provisions of the …
A UK judgement on Shell’s operations in Nigeria yet again shows the need to prevent powerful multinationals hiding behind their subsidiaries to dodge accountability for human rights abuses. https://www.openglobalrights.org/elusive-justice-holding-parent-companies-accountable-for-human-rights-ab/
On this webpage, United Kingdom’s (“U.K.”) Government’s Certification Officer, who is the head of the Certification Office for Trade Unions and Employers’ Associations, publishes final decisions on complaints filed by …
The Central London Employment Tribunal found that Dewhurst, a cycle courier, was a worker within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act. As such, the employer, a same day courier …
This paper deals with a problem of bargaining power of Russian workers using an example of VW factory in Kaluga region. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959680116676718 (in English)
A 2017 ILO Handbook provides practical information in a format geared towards non-specialist audiences focusing on different approaches regarding the content and implementation mechanisms of labour provisions (including technical cooperation …
The report aims to enhance the understanding of the scope, opportunities, and challenges of labor migration from China to the EU; promote sound policies and practices; reduce the vulnerability of …
This paper examines Russian legislation and mechanisms regulating labor protests, conflicts and strikes and the approach of the courts to collective labor disputes and strikes in Russia (in particular, the …
A central aim of Swedish (and EU) labor law is to combat unlawful discrimination in the workplace and critical to this aim is ensuring that claimants are able to obtain …
This article considers the trend towards more uncertain forms of employment in the gig-economy and the challenges this presents for trade unions. The article outlines a union strategy to respond …
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