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Basfar v Wong [2022] UKSC 20

The Court concluded that, on the assumed facts, the claim brought by Ms Wong falls within the exception from immunity provided for in article 31(1)(c) of the Vienna Convention on …

Association of Civil Servants and Union for Collective Bargaining and Others v. Germany, ECtHR

This case concerned the Uniformity of Collective Agreements Act (Tarifeinheitsgesetz), which regulates conflicts that arise if there are several collective agreements in one “business unit” (Betrieb) of a company2. The …

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Disrupting Cultural Norms Through Occupational Health and Safety: A Convention 190 Perspective

“Sexual harassment and cultural norms are inextricably linked. One need look no further than Cambodia’s Labour Law, which is not alone in conceptualising sexual harassment as a violation of female decency and …

In Hungary, the right to strike has been curtailed by Viktor Orbán

“Éva Vatai, a French teacher at a high school in Pécs, in southern Hungary, cannot believe it. She was recently docked five per cent of her pay – Ft16,700 (€44) …

Zero-hours contracts and English employment Law: Developments and possibilities

“The UK has seen a dramatic growth in precarious work over recent decades, including the amorphous category of ‘zero-hours contracts’ which are often regarded as a paradigm example of an …

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Essential jobs, remote work and digital surveillance: Addressing the COVID-19 pandemic panopticon

An unprecedented COVID-19-induced explosion in digital surveillance has reconfigured power relationships in professional settings. This article critically concentrates on the interplay between technology-enabled intrusive monitoring and the augmentation of managerial …

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State of Remedy 2021

The year 2021 marked another discouraging year in terms of remedy for complaints by communities and civil society under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (Guidelines). Only 2 of the …

Workers’ rights: how a landmark UN decision on safety and health will actually affect employees

In what has been called the “biggest moment for workers’ rights in a quarter of a century”, the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted a safe and healthy work environment as one of its …

The Persuader Rule: A Union-Side Perspective— Promoting Transparency During Union Organizing

Illegal tactics coupled with legal coercion result in union elections that make a mockery of the democratic process guaranteed by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). This article supports reinstatement …

UK: Agency Workers as Strike-Breakers: ILO Convention 87, and the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

The current law prohibits agencies from supplying workers to perform ‘duties normally performed by a worker who is taking part in a strike. In responding to the rail dispute, the …

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