Tackling the Covid-19 pandemic at the workplace

“From the very first cases of infection in Wuhan, the Covid-19 pandemic has been about workplace health and safety. The virus has shone a spotlight on the inadequate protection of …

United Kingdom – “The Court of Justice of the European Union’s Order on B v Yodel Delivery Network

On 22 April 2020, the Eighth Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU, or the Court) made a reasoned order in response to a request for …

Extending social security to workers in the informal economy: Lessons from international experience

“For most workers in the informal economy, the lack of social protection is a challenge not only in their daily struggles to make ends meet but in their aspirations to …

LOCAL JOINT EXECUTIVE BOARD OF LAS VEGAS v. HARRAH’S LAS VEGAS LLC; THE SIGNATURE CONDOMINIUMS LLC; BELLAGIO LLC,

Here is the COMPLAINT, filed by the culinary workers union in Las Vegas, Nevada against three restaurants at major Las Vegas casinos for the failure of the employer to protect …

MODEL ARBITRATION CLAUSES FOR THE RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES UNDER ENFORCEABLE BRAND AGREEMENTS

“The 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse disaster in Bangladesh, as well as numerous other industrial tragedies and labor rights abuses have exposed the need for brand and supplier accountability for …

Seafarers Trapped Serving Global Supply Chains amounts to Egregious Abuse of Human Rights: States Must Fulfill their Duty to Protect

“As the Covid-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions put in place to attempt containment drag on, around 200,000 merchant seafarers are trapped aboard ships in violation of international law. Each …

Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller

Here is the decision from the Canadian Supreme Court finding the arbitration clause of Uber’s contracts to be invalid: https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/18406/index.do The Supreme Court found that a court may depart from the …

The pandemic has returned migrant workers to Ukraine. Will they stay?

“Ukrainian labour keeps several European economies afloat. But after migrants returned home during the COVID-19 pandemic, Kyiv is now reluctant to let them depart again. When the borders open, I’ll …

Clean Slate for Worker Power: Worker Power and Voice in the Pandemic Response

“Our country is racked by two urgent crises – the COVID-19 pandemic and the plague of systemic racism, the latter of which has manifested in the continued killing of Black …

Why Is OSHA AWOL?

“As states and municipalities relax shelter-in-place orders, the nation seems to be racing to get the economy back to something resembling the pre-pandemic era. Restaurants, malls, cinemas, day care centers …

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