Earlier this summer, as millions of Italians were locked down inside their homes, fruit and vegetables were left to rot in the fields despite the cost to the country’s economy. …
High Court grants IWGB permission to challenge gig economy health and safety legislation
The High Court has granted permission to the IWGB to proceed with a judicial review that could extend health and safety rights to hundreds of thousands of so-called ‘gig economy’ …
Complaint submitted to Dutch Agreement about C&A
“A group of leading labour rights groups have filed a complaint to the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textiles claiming C&A has turned a blind eye to ongoing labour …
Hundreds protesting in Kyiv against new labor legislation
Representatives of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine gathered for a protest in the government neighborhood in central Kyiv on Tuesday against the adoption of new labor legislation. Several …
Holding The Powerful To Account (Webinar): Strategic Litigation in Europe
Leigh Day is pleased to invite you to the first of a series of webinars bringing together some of Europe’s leading legal practitioners, to discuss and share their knowledge and …
Meat plant must be held to account for Covid-19 outbreak, says German minister
The owners of Europe’s largest meat-processing plant must be held to account for a mass coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 1,500 of its workers, Germany’s labour minister has …
TASHKENT’S REFORMS HAVE NOT YET REACHED US: UNFINISHED WORK IN THE FIGHT AGAINST FORCED LABOR IN UZBEKISTAN’S 2019 COTTON HARVEST
“In just a few years, Uzbekistan has made significant, rapid progress toward the elimination of adult forced labor in the cotton harvest, following the elimination of child labor in 2014. …
Workers seeking redress face delays as tribunal backlog grows
Workers treated unfairly by their employer face waiting up to two years for legal redress, because a backlog of cases in the employment tribunal system has become much worse during …
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United Kingdom – “The Court of Justice of the European Union’s Order on B v Yodel Delivery Network
On 22 April 2020, the Eighth Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU, or the Court) made a reasoned order in response to a request for …