New year, new rules for German businesses as Supply Chain Act comes into force

In the new year, German companies will be forced to monitor their supply chains more strictly. On January 1, the new Supply Chain Act comes into force, a piece of legislation that …

Safety checks on dangerous machines restored after 15 years

Dangerous machinery will have to undergo independent safety checks for the first time in over 15 years under a newly-agreed EU regulation. Mandatory third-party safety checks on high-risk machinery were scrapped …

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ECtHR Factsheet: Surveillance at workplace

Here is an updated factsheet from the European Court of Human Rights on the issue of surveillance at the workplace. https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/FS_Workplace_surveillance_ENG.pdf

Uber’s Spanish food delivery platform to pay severance to 4,400 riders

Uber’s food delivery platform in Spain has agreed in court to pay severance to 4,400 riders it had fired in 2021, local union UGT said on Tuesday. The riders lost …

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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 …

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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