Amazon France Logistique SAS v Union syndicale Solidaires

Amazon se voit en effet restreint dans son activité à seulement des produits essentiels pour la période de la crise sanitaire et ce, sous astreinte de 100 000 euros par …

Calls for EU laws to end poor purchasing practices

“New EU-wide laws are needed to end the culture of unfair purchasing practices by apparel brands, which at present allows them to cancel orders with impunity – leaving workers without …

NHS urged to avoid PPE gloves made in ‘slave-like’ conditions

The government must not ignore the “slave-like” conditions of migrant workers making rubber medical gloves in Malaysia in its rush to source protective equipment to keep frontline NHS staff safe from …

UK government urged to ban import of Chinese cotton ‘made using Uighur Muslim forced labour’

“The UK government has been urged to ban the import of cotton sourced from the Chinese province of Xinjiang, a region where Uighur Muslims are being put to work in factories in …

Yodel Delivery C-692/19

Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time must be interpreted as precluding a person engaged …

SITUATION IN ALBANIA DURING COVID-19

“On March 11 the Minister of Health and Social Protection declared the state of epidemic. On March 15 the Council of Ministers approved Normative Act. No. 3 “On taking special …

ETUC Briefing Note: COVID-19 & Trade Union Rights

“Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, a wide range of exceptional measures both at EU level and at national level have been taken and/or were/are in preparation and which touch upon …

ETUC Briefing: COVID-19 Occupational Health and Safety

This briefing note focuses on the problems related to health and safety of workers due to the COVID-19 outbreak, such as lack of Personal Protective Equipment for essential workers, derogation …

(EU) A Worker is a Worker: How to Ensure that Undocumented Migrant Workers Can Access Justice

This report therefore explores judicial and statebased1 non-judicial labour complaints and redress mechanisms that are in place in 15 EU member states, and what happens or would happen when undocumented …

ETUC Briefing Note: Human Rights & COVID-19

This briefing note by the ETUC focuses on the human rights and workers’ rights impacts from the laws, policies, and measures that countries are taking, in particular by ‘declaring states …

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