Uber: London cabbies plan to sue for damages

Thousands of London taxi drivers plan to sue Uber for damages alleging the ride-hailing firm operated unlawfully. The planned group legal action could, if successful, hit Uber with a bill …

Food-delivery riders, algorithms and autonomy

Work under capitalism is a story of employers’ attempts to control labour, to guarantee and enhance profitability. A ‘disciplined’ labour force is induced to work more productively for longer. Today …

Being Naïve or Putting Business First?

The European Union would like to believe that it is acting robustly and cohesively to promote human rights and democracy globally. The EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024, …

Firms accused of putting workers’ lives at risk by bending lockdown trading rules

Analysis by the Observer shows that no enforcement notices have been served on companies by Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors for Covid safety breaches since the country went into the latest lockdown, despite …

Pimlico Plumbers to introduce ‘no jab, no job’ work contracts

Pimlico Plumbers will introduce a “no jab, no job” policy requiring all of its workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Charlie Mullins, Pimlico’s founder and former chief executive, now chairman, …

إطار قانون العمل: العاملون لحسابهم الخاص وحقهم في المفاوضة الجماعية

تركز هذه الورقة على الحق في المفاوضة الجماعية للعاملين لحسابهم الخاص مقابل قانون مكافحة الاحتكار من منظور أوروبي ودولي. وتجادل بأن النهج الحالي للمحكمة ...

Los 'riders' جانان إل ماكجويسيو كونترا ديليفرو في برشلونة: 748 ريبارتيدوريس نجل فالسوس أوتونوموس

Los 'riders' han ganado su macrojuicio كونترا ديليفرو في برشلونة. La Magistrada del juzgado de lo Social 24 de Barcelona ha sentenciado que 748 'riders' de Deliveroo operaban como falsos ...

How Iceland Is Closing the Gender Wage Gap

In most countries, men and women doing the same work earn different amounts. This discrimination is popularly known as the gender pay gap. And despite efforts to close it, particularly …

Key elements of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment

As regards investment, the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) will be the most ambitious agreement that China has ever concluded with a third country. In addition to rules against the forced …

حقوق عمال Gig والتقاضي الاستراتيجي

فُتحت فرصة سانحة للاستفادة من قانون الاتحاد الأوروبي بشأن الصحة والسلامة لتعزيز حقوق عمال "gig" في المحاكم المحلية. "نقابة العمال المستقلة ...

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