International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) has said the assault and unlawful temporary detention of Comrade Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress by men of the Nigerian police, is …
Mbuga v NTSA and Bolt, APPEAL NO: TLAB/E010/2023
The Transport Licensing Appeals Board (TLAB) has ruled that the driver Kennedy Wainaina Mbugua be immediately reinstated to the app and compensated the amount for the 168 days he has …
Kenya: Bolt ordered to pay driver Ksh1M for wrongful dismissal
Bolt Operations (OU) has suffered a major setback after being ordered to compensate a driver who complained against them Ksh1,008,000 for unfair removal from its system. The Transport Licensing Appeals …
U.S. to restore Mauritania’s AGOA trade preferences after worker rights progress
Mauritania’s trade preference benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act will be reinstated on Jan. 1, 2024 after the northwest African country made “substantial and measurable progress on worker …
US to remove Uganda and three other African countries from Agoa trade deal
US President Joe Biden has revealed plans to expel Uganda, Gabon, Niger and the Central African Republic (CAR) from a special US-Africa trade programme. The countries were either involved in …
Ground-breaking judgment for gender equality in parental leave
Judgment was handed down at the Johannesburg High Court by Deputy Judge President Roland Sutherland in the matter of Werner van Wyk & Others V Minister of Employment and Labour. It was …
Werner van Wyk & Others V Minister of Employment and Labour
On 25 October 2023, judgment was handed down at the Johannesburg High Court by Deputy Judge President Roland Sutherland in the matter of Werner van Wyk & Others V Minister of …
Nine Anglo American companies named in class action suit over harm to coal miners
Anglo American now finds itself in the crosshairs of class action specialist Richard Spoor, who last week filed an action in the Gauteng High Court for certification of a class …
Facebook workers in Kenya say Meta hasn’t paid them for 6 months amid legal case
Facebook workers in Kenya engaged in a legal battle with Meta and its outsourcing company over mass redundancies have accused the tech firms of contempt of court, saying they haven’t …
Advancing the FOAA Rights of Informal Sector Workers
Joint Side Event: UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of assembly and association & Chairperson of Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Commissioner Mudford Zachariah Mwandenga …
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