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“UK government to ban restaurant owners from taking share of tips”

[Direct Quote of Online Abstract (in front of paywall): “Trade unions have experienced significant turbulence over the past three decades. In the UK and Ireland, a key change has been …

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UK: University and College Union v The University of Stirling (Scotland) (Rev 1) [2015] UKSC 26

The United Kingdom (“U.K.”) Supreme Court found that an employer that wants to “dismiss as redundant” twenty (20) or more employees at one establishment within a period of ninety (90) …

Junta Rectora Del Ertzainen Nazional Elkartasuna (ER.N.E.) v. Spain

This case concerned the inability of the members of a police officers’ trade union to exercise the right to strike. The applicant trade union complained in particular of the ban …

Industrial Action and Liability in Japan: A Legal Overview

This article analyses the scope of “proper” industrial action, which is protected by Labor Union Act, by introducing cases of the Supreme Court and lower courts in Japan. It also …

Teachers Service Commission vs Kenya National Union of Teachers, Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers & Attorney General as interested party

This case is about strike rights. The case raises several issues. First, the right to strike is a constitutional right. In this case, Section 76 of the Labour Relations Act …

Saskatchewan Federation of Labour v. Saskatchewan

The Supreme Court of Canada declared the right to strike to be fundamental and protected by the Constitution. https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14610/index.do

Italy: Il Centro Studi Diritti & Lavoro Monthly Newsletters 2015

The Il Centro Studi Diritti & Lavoro is a legal research initiative in Italy founded by Fabio Rusconi and Andrea Danilo Conte. This is the compilation of the Italian language monthly newsletters …

Mongolia: Survey on Implementation Status of the Collective Agreements and Collective Bargaining

This is the first extensive research on collective agreements and collective bargaining implementation in Mongolia. The research examined the implementation of laws and practice of collective bargaining and collective agreements. …

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Article from the Editor: “Embarrassment: The New Union-Organizing Tool”

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mare.30011 From the author: “In recent years, unions and other third parties have heavily used public embarrassment as a means of organizing employees. The key to conventional union organizing is …

Wages, Collective Bargaining and Economic Development in Germany (Towards a more expansive and solidaristic development?)

Trade union role in determination of wage through collective bargaining has decreased significantly in the last decade in Germany. However, with the introduction of minimum wage at the national level …

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