France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, promised to build the Summer Olympics safely, free of the construction hazards and migrant worker abuses that tarnished soccer’s 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Months before …
ATUMA & former employees v. Unilever (OECD Guidelines)
Allegations On 12 April 2018, a group of former workers of Unilever-Marsavco in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) filed a complaint with the Dutch NCP and UK NCP. On 26 April …
Unions seek privacy probes over Amazon’s work surveillance systems
Trade unions from 11 different European countries have written to data protection authorities across the bloc asking them to investigate Amazon’s data surveillance practices, according to a letter seen by …
Belgium: Uber Eats couriers reclassified as employees
The Labor Relations Commission indicates that three delivery drivers from the company Uber Eats must be reclassified as employees. The cabinet of Pierre-Yves Dermagne and the unions welcome it. It …
Germany’s struggle to clean up its supply chains has lessons for Europe
German engineering company BAUCH makes machines and engine components out of materials mined in China, Africa or South America that pass through multiple hands and processes before they reach its …
Legal action against Dutch firms for allegedly profiting from forced labour of North Koreans in Polish shipyard dismissed
On 15 of April 2024, the Hague Court of Appeal decided that two Dutch companies are not to be prosecuted for profiting from human trafficking, money laundering or fencing. The …
EU Regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market
The legislation establishes a structured framework for prohibiting the use of forced labour in the production of EU goods and within supply chains. It will empower the EU to prohibit and …
EU Parliament approves ban of products made with forced labour
The European Parliament approved rules on Tuesday to ban in the EU the sale, import and export of goods made using forced labour. The move was driven by EU lawmakers concerned …
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Bringing the Right to Strike Home: Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Mercer – Part 1
Individual strikers are protected from dismissal where they are dismissed for participating in ‘protected’ (i.e lawful and official) industrial action, under s. 238A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations …