UK: Spaceman v ISS Mediclean Ltd (t/a ISS Facility Service Healthcare) [2018] UKEAT 0142_18_1910 (19 October 2018)

This case was an appeal by an employee in the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) who was dismissed by his employer after an employer investigation into the employee’s alleged sexual harassment and …

Ethnic hierarchy in the Russian labour market: A field experiment

This paper is based on the results of the correspondence study of ethnic discrimination on the Russian labor market. The authors conducted their research in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan and Ufa …

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New Zealand: Minimum rights of employees 

Information on minimum employment rights and responsibilities available in various languages and could be downloaded as PDF. Provided by Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment of New Zealand. https://www.employment.govt.nz/starting-employment/rights-and-responsibilities/minimum-rights-of-employees-translations/

Collective Labour Agreement between Ryanair and its workers based in Italy (FIT CISL, ANPAC & ANPAV)

Attached is the Collective Labour Agreement between low fare airline Ryanair and three of its unions, FIT CISL, ANPAC & ANPAV.  The agreement recognizes that workers whose home base is …

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Age Discrimination Law in Russia

This post provides information specifically on age discrimination. http://www.agediscrimination.info/international-age-discrimination/russia  

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CCOO critica condiciones laborales en talleres chinos que fabrican para Mango

CCOO ha denunciado que las jornadas laborales de los talleres chinos que fabrican para Mango y otras multinacionales son “absolutamente desproporcionadas” ya que en algunos casos se realizaban 74 horas …

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Netherlands v Urgenda Foundations

The Court of Appeal hereby upholds the decision in Urgenda decision of the District Court of 2015, whereby the Dutch State was said to commit a tort for having too little ambitious …

UK: Grange v Abellio London Ltd [2018] UKEAT 0304_17_0810 (8 October 2018)

In this decision published by the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the United Kingdom (“UKEAT”), based on an employee’s claim of a violation of the Working Time Regulations 1998 (“WTR”), Regulation …

Sweden: The Labor Court provides clarity on the enforceability of non-solicitation clauses in employment contracts

During 2018, three employees (who were computer game developers for the company) resigned in order to engage in a competing business and subsequently sought to hire employees from their former …

Unions accuse IKEA of undermining workers’ rights in three markets

Unions accused furniture retailer IKEA on Thursday of undermining workers’ rights in the United States, Ireland and Portugal, and asked the Dutch government to mediate.  The international UNI Global Union and …

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