Lords pass amendment to weaken crackdown on zero-hours contracts

The Employment Rights Bill suffered a set-back on Monday, as Conservative and Liberal-Democrat peers successfully passed amendments that weaken the government’s measures to tackle insecure work. The amendments seeks to …

Italy cracks down on sweatshops feeding Loro Piana, Armani, Dior

The unnamed worker was paid off-the-books, earning roughly €1,500 ($1,742) a month, according to legal documents seen by Bloomberg — about the price of one Loro Piana baby cashmere sweater. …

The Future of Corporate Liability: Why the ‘Failure to Prevent’ Model Matters for Human Rights Due Diligence Regulation

The ‘failure to prevent’ model is a legal construct under which a corporate entity can be held strictly liable for failing to prevent certain unlawful acts (typically committed by associated …

LVMH’s Loro Piana put under court administration in Italy over labour exploitation

An Italian court has placed LVMH (LVMH.PA), opens new tab group’s high-end Italian cashmere firm Loro Piana under judicial administration for a year after allegedly uncovering worker abuse inside its supply chain, …

L’enseigne SHEIN sanctionnée pour une information défaillante sur la qualité environnementale des produits qui génèrent des déchets et qu’elle commercialise en France

La DGCCRF a prononcé une amende administrative de 1,098 million d’euros à l’encontre de la société Infinite Styles Ecommerce Limited (ISEL), vendeur des produits de marque SHEIN sur le site …

Transposing the CSDDD – Navigating Legal Uncertainties amidst the Omnibus proposal and Implementation Challenges

On 28 May 2025, the NOVA Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and …

As Temperatures Rise, European Workers Face a Looming Threat

On 4 March, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) adopted a resolution outlining the content of a future directive aimed at preventing occupational heat risk. This is not the first time the …

Ursula von der Leyen Is Waging War on Workers

Workers, trade unions, and social protections are today being swept off the European Union’s agenda. The wind of unbridled capitalism is blowing in from Donald Trump’s White House — but …

EU’s Supply Chain Rules Receive ‘Another Blow’ as Member States Propose Deeper Cuts

Perhaps the biggest irony of the European Union’s supply chain due diligence rules, now being hotly relitigated, is that they was supposed to provide a sense of certainty and consistency. And …

LkSG complaint against KiK

Pakistani textile workers, the Pakistani trade union National Trade Union Federation (NTUF) and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) point to serious grounds for violations of the …