Subcontracting: Exploitation by design. Tackling the business model for social dumping

A new study commissioned by The Left in the European Parliament sets out how subcontracting has become the business model for exploiting workers in the EU. Numerous scandals – from systemic exploitation …

Indonesian migrant workers in the UK: More than 200 people repatriated, some ‘unpaid and have to mortgage houses’

The Indonesian Ministry of Manpower asked the migrant worker placement company, PT Al Zubara, not to collect the short departure fees for workers in the UK who are still in …

The rider is like an employee: the Milan court forces Glovo to hire

A ruling requires the food delivery platform to reintegrate a person left at home on better terms: fixed, full-time contract and commercial management. But politics is silent on the general rules …

Regulating minimum wage and other forms of pay for the self-employed

“Minimum wages for the self-employed are being investigated as part of a pilot project on minimum wages in general that Eurofound is carrying out on behalf of the European Commission …

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Dutch Bill on Mandatory Due Diligence

Here is the updated language and proposal for a Dutch Mandatory Due Diligence Bill English: https://www.mvoplatform.nl/en/english-translation-of-the-bill-for-responsible-and-sustainable-international-business-conduct/

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Spain extends rights for domestic workers but excludes the undocumented

“Three years ago, Colombian Ángela López landed in Madrid with the intention of passing herself off as a tourist. She had memorised the city’s most famous landmarks, but when the …

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Spain Is Serious About Stopping Bogus Self-Employment

Spain’s 2021 ‘Rider Law’ was a breakthrough in employment rights for delivery riders, but giants like Glovo have been all too willing to flout it – so they’ve been slapped …

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EU forced labour ban : not tough enough for some, overreach risk for others

Non-governmental organisation and academia want the EU’s proposed ban on products made with forced labour to be toughened up, but employers from developing countries are urging caution, saying that products …

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India trade deal ‘would open UK to goods produced by child labour and modern slavery’

Unions representing tens of millions of workers in India are calling on Britain to suspend talks on a trade deal with the country, warning it would open UK markets to goods produced by child labour and …

Pagar para repartir ‘en B’: El trapicheo de cuentas repunta ante el desafío de Glovo y Uber a la ‘ley Rider’

Denis sale a repartir entre cinco y seis días a la semana. Se calza una mochila de un amarillo ya desgastado, se monta en su bicicleta y se conecta a …

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