According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), the economic and labour crisis caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic could see the number of people unemployed globally soar to almost 25 million. …
New labor law could threaten workers’ rights, but state firms happy
Ukrainian employers – especially the country’s largest state-owned enterprises – would like the current labor code replaced so that they can fire and hire workers much more easily. They say …
Fact Sheet: Worker-Related Rights Decisions from European Court of Human Rights
This factsheet provides brief summaries of cases and decisions made by the European Court of Human Rights on worker-related rights issues.
Nigeria: TOAN v. Registered Trustees of Tricycles Owners
Please find the decision from the National Industrial Court (Lagos): TOAN V REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF TRICYCLES OWNERS This decision recognizes that under Nigerian law, organisations registered as Incorporrated Trusteeship under …
COVID-19 - Zeit für Regierungen, Marken und Arbeitgeber, die Lieferkette und prekäre Arbeitnehmer vor Schwierigkeiten und Infektionen zu schützen
Als die wirtschaftlichen und menschenrechtlichen Auswirkungen des COVID-19-Ausbruchs sichtbar werden, sehen wir wieder Arbeitnehmer in der Lieferkette und an vorderster Front, neben denen in prekären und informellen Berufen,…
Das ukrainische Kabinett zieht den Entwurf des Arbeitsgesetzbuchs zurück
Das Ministerkabinett der Ukraine hat den Gesetzesentwurf Nr. 2708 über Arbeit zurückgezogen, der die Einführung eines neuen Arbeitsgesetzbuchs in Aktion vorsah. Dies ist auf der Karte angegeben…
The Case for Universal Labor and Employment Rights
Working people in the United States are fragmented by race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and status. We are also stratified by the law itself—specifically the extent to which we are entitled …
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Free Speech and Strike Action
Two UK law professors, Alan Bogg and Virginia Mantouvalou, published an article in the UK Labour Law Blog discussing how the exercise of the right to strike is fundamentally an …