“Platform work is growing, yet it still remains a moderate to marginal form of economic activity across the EU. The lack of a conceptual quality framework and a unified approach …
WHO/ILO: Almost 2 million people die from work-related causes each year
Work-related diseases and injuries were responsible for the deaths of 1.9 million people in 2016, according to the first joint estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Labour …
Suing Goliath
This report maps out all relevant civil (not criminal) cases filed in EU Member States on the basis of alleged business-related human rights abuses and environmental harm in third countries, …
The Swiss Human Rights Due Diligence Legislation: Between Law and Politics
On 29 November 2020, Swiss citizens voted on a popular constitutional initiative, known as the Swiss Responsible Business Initiative.1 The vote was triggered by an initiative signed by more than …
European equality law review
IN THIS ISSUE ■ Setting and achieving standards: Independent assistance competences of the equality body ■ Gender equality and tax policies in the EU ■ Protection of self-employed from discrimination …
Worked to death: How a Chinese tuna juggernaut crushed its Indonesian workers
“One of China’s biggest tuna fishing firms, Dalian Ocean Fishing, made headlines last year when four young Indonesian deckhands fell sick and died from unknown illnesses after allegedly being subject …
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US: Republican politicians: Let OSHA do its job
“Quite early in my career as a lawyer for the U.S. Labor Department — at the dawn of the Reagan presidency — I found myself trying a number of safety …