ILO Report – Profits and poverty: The economics of forced labour

“US$236 billion. This is the obscene level of annual profit generated from forced labour in the world today. This figure reflects the wages or earnings effectively stolen from the pockets …

‘Gig’ workers in Europe: the new platform of rights

“Last Monday, European Union member states reached a provisional agreement on the compromise text of the directive on platform work. This momentous decision comes more than two years after the European Commission’s initial …

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Confronting systemic human rights violations: Human rights due diligence and state-imposed forced labor under the German Supply Chain Act

“The existence of state-imposed forced labor as a systemic human rights violation within global value chains requires an urgent corporate response. Although the issue of state-imposed forced labor and its …

ECCJ: CSDDD endorsement brings us 0.05% closer to corporate justice

Today’s decision by EU capitals to endorse the Belgian Presidency’s political deal on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) is a significant step forward in the protection of human …

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It takes three to tango in the EU: the new European Directive on Platform Work

In March 2024, The European Union’s institutions reached an agreement to adopt a European Directive on Platform Work. To understand the content of this Directive, it is essential to know what European directives …

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Platform Work Directive

This Directive aims to improve the working conditions of platform workers and to protect the personal data of persons performing platform work in the European Union.   https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-7212-2024-ADD-1/en/pdf

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ILO Policy Brief: From global care crisis to quality care at home: The case for including domestic workers in care policies and ensuring their rights at work

“The ILO has issued a new policy brief urging governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations to ensure domestic workers have access to labour rights and social protection. Publication of From global …

New Technologies Require Thinking More Expansively About Protecting Workers

Last June, the US National Labor Relations Board issued a ruling that broadened the factors for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee. These changes, which take effect this …

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The US Forced Labor Import Ban as a Tool to Raise Labor Standards in Supply Chain Contexts: Strategic Approaches to Advocacy

“The United States has banned the importation of goods made with forced labor since 1930. Until recently, however, this law—Section 307 of the US Tariff Act of 1930—was rarely applied, …

ETUI Report: Towards workers’ environmental rights

An analysis of EU labour and environmental law Building on the ongoing discussion on the labour–environment nexus in labour law and other areas of scholarship, in this paper we systematically …

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