Renee Walker v Nestlé USA

Plaintiff claims that Nestlé’s deceptive labeling misleads consumers into believing their products are procured in accordance with environmentally and socially responsible standards, when it knows they are not. Plaintiff seeks, among …

Thailand’s Labor Protection Act No. 7 in English version

The translation of the Labor Protection Act in English. http://www.cpg-online.de/2019/04/18/thailands-labour-protection-act-no-7/ Author: CPG (The translation conducted by Ms. Natthanicha Lephilibert, Safe and Fair National Project Coordination for Thailand, ILO, United Nations …

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 16 April 2019 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2019/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union

Whereas: (1)  Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union provides that every worker has the right to working conditions which respect his or her health, safety …

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Remedy in Business and Human Rights Cases The Role of National Human Rights Institutions

From 22–24 October 2018, the German Institute for Human Rights and the Danish Institute for Human Rights hosted a workshop in Berlin for national human rights institutions (NHRIs) on remedy …

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Banning Hope: Bangladesh Garment Workers, Seeking a Dollar an Hour Face Mass Firings, Violence, and False Arrests

The government and apparel factory owners in Bangladesh have carried out a brutal crackdown on garment workers in retaliation for largely peaceful protests against the country’s extremely low minimum wage. …

2018 Annual Report Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile

In 2018, the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile (AGT) took further steps in the area of International Responsible Business Conduct (IRBC). Companies, the government, civil-society organisations, and trade …

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The Constitutional Court decision of South Korea (2017 Hun-Ma 820, April 11, 2019)

The Korean Labor Standards Act protects the employees against the unfair dismissal and provides the effective remedy for the unfairly dismissed employees. But that protection and remedy are not applied …

Vedanta Resources PLC v Lungowe

The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, found that a claim brought by a group of Zambian villagers against Vedanta Resources Plc and its Zambian subsidiary, Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), could …

Antuzis & Ors v DJ Houghton Catching Services Ltd & Ors [2019] EWHC 843 (QB) (08 April 2019)

The High Court ruled in favour of a group of Lithuanian men who were put to work in terrible conditions by a British company, catching chickens at farms all over …

ETUC: New trade union strategies for new forms of employment

The survey was commissioned by the ETUC and carried out by Professors Countouris and De Stefano to explore options for new legal conceptual frameworks implied by the rise of ‘new …

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