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Right to disconnect: Exploring company practices

“Digital technologies have made it possible for many workers to carry out their work at any time and anywhere, with consequent advantages and disadvantages. Potential advantages include greater autonomy, better …

Uber ordered to pay taxi drivers damages in France

Uber France will have to pay €180,000 to 910 taxi drivers and their federation who brought a civil case against Uber for unfair competition, the court ruled. The case centred …

Human Rights for Working Prisoners

A few days ago it was highlighted in the press that the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers was in discussions with the Ministry of Justice. The aim of these was to explore …

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Rights group files complaint against German retailers over Chinese textiles

A human rights group filed a complaint to German prosecutors on Monday alleging that several fashion retailers profited from forced labour in China’s Xinjiang region. The Berlin-based European Centre for …

Official English Translation: German Act on Corporate Due Diligence in Supply Chains

“On 3 March 2021, Germany’s Federal Cabinet approved draft legislation on corporate due diligence in supply chains. This represents the first time that the responsibility of German companies to respect …

Gig Economy Project – Spain’s Riders Law comes into force: Here’s what you need to know

The Riders Law comes into force in Spain today [12 August], with a great deal of confusion about the exact situation for app-based food delivery workers now, as digital platforms …

Worker Empowerment, Collective Labour Rights and Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights

“This article proposes a normative, moral justification for the protection of collective labour rights as aspects of the right to freedom of association under Article 11 European Convention on Human …

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Collective bargaining and self-employed workers: The need for a paradigm shift

The European Commission (hereafter Commission) has recently embarked into a process seeking to redefine the scope of competition law in order to reduce the chilling effect that certain judgments by …

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Climate change: labour’s neglected role

“Attractive policy promises, wrapped around ambitious long-term targets, have been presented in advance of the next climate summit, COP26, in Glasgow in November. But authoritative reports on, and critical responses to, the prior G7 …

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Transnational Legal Activism in Global Value Chains – The Ali Enterprises Factory Fire and the Struggle for Justice

This book records and analyzes the thinking, strategies and work around the struggle for justice for the survivors and victims of the Ali Enterprises Factory Fire in Pakistan.

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