New Spanish law to make food delivery workers ‘permanent staff’

Spain’s labour ministry, trade unions, and employer’s associations have agreed this week in principle to a law improving the rights of food delivery workers employed by global digital platforms like …

Ukraine – Draft law No.5054 “On Amendments to Labor Code on Definition of Labor Relationships and Signs of Their Existence” 

On February 9, the government of Ukraine  submitted a draft law No 5054 to the parliament to modernize definitions in the Labor Code. Of note, it provides a new definition of …

ETUI: Working on digital labour platforms – A trade union guide for trainers on crowd-, app- and platform-based work

The present material serves to raise awareness on the reality of platform work among national trade union organizations. The ETUI initiative responds to the identified training needs for a common …

The Panel Report under the EU-Korea Trade Agreement Concerning Labor Practices: What are the Purposes of Trade Agreements as they Relate to the ILO’s Fundamental Labor Rights?

In recent years, workers’ rights advocates have increasingly urged the US and the EU to strengthen the commitments under the labor chapters of their trade agreements. Following up on the …

Which workers and which unions can claim protection under freedom of association? The EU-Korea FTA Panel Decision Part II

Rejecting the Korean accusation that the EU was seeking to illegitimately ‘harmonise’ labour standards, the Panel carefully analysed the principles established under international law. This entailed examination of Korean trade …

Which workers and which unions can claim protection under freedom of association? The EU-Korea FTA Panel Decision Part II

“This blog continues analysis of the EU-Korea FTA Expert Panel Report, focussing on the significance of the findings regarding ‘Freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to …

Asserting Jurisdiction to Assess Compliance with ‘Multilateral labour standards and agreements’ – The EU-Korea FTA Panel Decision

On 25 January 2021, the European Union (EU) and the Republic of Korea (Korea) released the Reportby a Panel of Experts (the Panel Report) on matters raised under the Trade …

Asserting Jurisdiction to Assess Compliance with ‘Multilateral labour standards and agreements’ – The EU-Korea FTA Panel Decision

“On 25 January 2021, the European Union (EU) and the Republic of Korea (Korea) released the Report by a Panel of Experts (the Panel Report) on matters raised under the Trade and …

Adopted the Law of Ukraine “On Amending Certain Legislative Acts to Improve Legal Regulation of Remote Work”

The Law of Ukraine “On Amending Certain Legislative Acts to Improve Legal Regulation of Remote Work” demarcates the concepts and legal regulation of flexible working mode, remote work, and work …

[Spain] Comments on the European Court of Justice decision dated January 26th, 2021 (declaring that denying an allowance only to disabled workers who filed their disabilities certificate before a specified date, but not to those who did so after such date, constitutes discrimination prohibited by EU Law).

This article analyzes the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) decision C‑16/19 on whether the prohibition against discrimination of workers with disabilities contained in Directive 2000/78 is circumscribed to comparative situations …

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