Starting Sunday, sex workers in Belgium will be able to sign formal employment contracts and gain labor rights on par with those in other professions in a legal breakthrough some call …
Volkswagen to Exit China’s Xinjiang Region After 12 Years
Volkswagen said on Wednesday that it was disposing of its ownership stakes in facilities in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region, exiting an area now known for the country’s crackdown on predominantly …
Privacy guarantor sanctions Glovo 5 million Euros: algorithm violates riders’ rights (original in Italian)
Nuova sanzione per Glovo da parte del Garante italiano per la protezione dei dati personali. La decisione – che Today.it è in grado di anticipare – riguarderebbe ancora una volta l’algoritmo utilizzato …
Italy watchdog fines Foodinho 5 million euros for rider data breaches
Italy’s data protection authority on Friday fined Delivery Hero-owned Foodinho 5 million euros ($5.20 million) for unlawfully processing the personal data of more than 35,000 riders registered on its digital …
EU Approaches a Forced Labor Ban
The European Union is one step closer to completing a long-awaited bloc-wide ban on the sale of products made with forced labor. The Council of the EU on Tuesday approved …
IKEA to compensate East German prisoners for forced labor
Germany’s Bundestag parliament and IKEA Deutschland on Tuesday announced that the furniture colossus would contribute €6 million (roughly $6.5 million) to a new German government fund designed to compensate victims …
Fishermen on Scots trawler win £20,000 modern slavery claim
A group of migrant fishermen recognised as victims of modern slavery have been awarded £20,000 each compensation by the UK Government. The Ghanaian crew were rescued in 2020 from the …
EU member states adopt agreement on platform work
The European Union countries have officially adopted the hard-won agreement on better protection for platform workers. Belgium and the other member states will have two years to incorporate the provisions …
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From ‘Fairness at Work’ to ‘Making Work Pay’: A Preliminary Assessment of the Employment Rights Bill
The pessimism of the politics should not obscure the radicalism and ambition of the Employment Bill. Indeed, it may be the most ambitious set of reforms since 1971. The Bill …