In this ground-breaking case in the fields of health and safety, EU and employment law, the Administrative Court (Mr. Justice Chamberlain) has agreed with the IWGB that the UK Government …
R (IWGB) v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions et al
This was an application for judicial review brought by the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) which argued that EU Directives on health and safety, which had been transposed …
Just Eat to hire its food-delivery riders as employees
Just Eat said Monday that its food-delivery riders in Italy will be hired as employees next year, rather than working on a freelance basis. As a result, the riders will …
Bill on labor rights stirs row in Turkey
It’s not very often that Turkey’s top three labor unions join forces due to their different ideological stances. The Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions (Türk-İş) is a mainstream labor organization with …
Hoge Raad: zzp-overeenkomst telt niet, het gaat om de praktijk
Zzp’ers die vinden dat ze eigenlijk in dienst zijn, hebben voortaan meer munitie om een arbeidscontract of bijvoorbeeld een ontslagvergoeding af te dwingen. Dat komt door een uitspraak van de Hoge Raad, …
Uzbekistan not even close to meriting EU’s trade scheme
Imagine a man has for years been nasty to his family. One day he starts being a little bit nicer to them and promises to get much better in future. …
A judicial action to extend the health and safety directives to hundreds of thousands of workers
On the 21 October 2020, the IWGB (Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain) presented its argument before the High Court of England and Wales to have the recognition that the UK government …
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Trade unions and civil society are pushing for ambitious climate action in Scotland
“As Glasgow prepares to host COP26, the UN climate summit in November 2021, Scotland will take centre stage in the global power struggle surrounding if and how the world takes …