Workers in Belgium will soon be able to choose a four-day week under a series of labour market reforms announced on Tuesday. The reform package agreed by the country’s multi-party coalition …
Indian supplier to UK fashion brands agrees to pay £3m in unpaid wages
India’s largest garment company has paid out an estimated £3m in unpaid wages to tens of thousands of workers, after two years of refusing to pay the legal minimum wage. …
Danish pension fund ditches Wizz Air over labour rights
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension said on Monday it was selling its stake in budget airline Wizz Air (WIZZ.L) over alleged “human and labour rights abuses” towards its workers. The $23 billion fund …
EU: Draft Guidelines on collective bargaining of self-employed
The draft Guidelines aim to ensure that competition law does not stand in the way of collective agreements to improve the working conditions of certain self-employed persons, who may have …
Inside Spain’s failed plan to fix the gig economy
On 12 August 2021, Spain became the first European country to significantly regulate the gig economy. The Supreme Court, ruling in favour of a former gig economy rider, declared that …
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Digital Transition: An Opportunity to Advance Labour Rights
“With the digital transition, the precise definition of the future of work (its social and human dimensions) requires urgent attention. Recent policymaking developments tell us a little more about whether …