ETUC Briefing Note: National measures to avoid collective/individual lay-offs (incl. granting (additional/special) leaves)

This briefing note focuses on strategies to avoid worker lay offs and to ensure alternatives such as ‘short-term work schemes,’ teleworking, etc. to avoid a complete loss of wages. This …

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IWGB to sue UK government over its failure to protect precarious workers

The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) is taking legal action against the government over its failure to protect the wages and jobs of millions of workers during the …

Free Speech and Strike Action

Two UK law professors, Alan Bogg and Virginia Mantouvalou,  published an article in the UK Labour Law Blog discussing how the exercise of the right to strike is fundamentally an …

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Worker-Driven Social Responsibility: Exploring a New Model for Tackling Labour Abuse in Supply Chains

This scoping report explores a new model for tackling workplace abuse and exploitation in corporate supply chains, called ‘Worker-driven Social Responsibility’ (WSR). It aims to increase understanding and knowledge of …

Looking beyond the “Points-Based Immigration System”: A few reflections on the future of immigration under Johnson’s Conservative government

“On 19 February 2020, the Johnson government released the details of the “points-based” immigration system that would operate once the Brexit transitional period comes to an end on 31 December …

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Hamida Begum v Maran (UK) Ltd

The Claimant brings a claim against Maran UK Limited for negligence and breach of common law duty of care relating to fatal injuries suffered by the Claimant’s late husband, MD …

UK: Changes to withdrawal bill threaten workers’ rights, says Lisa Nandy

Workers’ rights and protections for women could be under threat after Boris Johnson added a range of changes to the withdrawal agreement bill following the December general election, the Labour …

UK: BBC journalist wins landmark equal pay case

Journalist Samira Ahmed, backed by the NUJ, first appeared at The Central London Employment Tribunal  on Monday 28 October to challenge unequal pay at the BBC. The journalist has been …

Vegans deserve same legal protection as religious people, UK judge rules

A judge has ruled that ethical veganism qualifies as a philosophical belief protected under UK law. Jordi Casamitjana, an “ethical vegan,” claims he was dismissed by his employer, animal welfare charity the League …

Worker could make history in a crucial case for ethical vegans

Whether “ethical veganism” should be recognised as a protected philosophical belief will be determined at an employment tribunal which starts on Thursday. Jordi Casamitjana claims he was sacked by his employer, …

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