High Court rules chicken catcher bosses exploited workers in modern slavery case

The High Court has ruled in favour of a group of Lithuanian men who were put to work in terrible conditions by a British company, catching chickens at farms all …

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Das UK Modern Slavery Act: mehr für die "Retter" als für die "Erretteten"

"Wessen Realität zählt?", Fragte der Autor und Entwicklungsprofessor Robert Chambers einst. Seine Überlegungen zur Partizipation sollten in alle Bereiche der öffentlichen Politik einbezogen werden. Am vergangenen Dienstag in Großbritannien…

Gig Economy: Arbeiter verliert Pimlico Plumbers Urlaubsgeld

Ein Heizungsbauer, der vor dem obersten Gericht eine Klage gegen Pimlico Plumbers gewonnen hat und festgestellt hat, dass er ein Arbeiter war und keine Selbständigkeit hatte, hat sein Angebot verloren, 74.000 £ Urlaubsgeld zu fordern…

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“Do Immigrants Trust Trade Unions? A Study of 18 European Countries” (United Kingdom; European Union; United States)

This article examines, via systematic cross-national empirical analysis of migrants’ attitudes in Western Europe, whether unions have been able to gain the trust of migrants, as expressed by the migrants …

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UK: “A band aid on a gaping wound: Taylor and modern working practices” – a review article of “Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices”

In a critique of “Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices” by Matthew Taylor (the “Taylor Review”), Phil Taylor focuses on what he believes are some shortcomings of …

UK: Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd v Crawford [2019] EWCA Civ 269, [2019] WLR(D) 127 (05 March 2019)

This appellate decision, published by the England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) (“EWCA”) on Appeal from the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the United Kingdom (“U.K.”), concerned whether employees …

UK: London Underground Ltd v Amissah & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 125 (19 February 2019), Case No: A2/2017/0040

This decision was published by the [England and Wales] Court of Appeal (Civil Division) (“EWCA”) on Appeal from the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the United Kingdom (“UKEAT”), based upon the …

“Are employers doing enough to support employees who have caring responsibilities?” (United Kingdom; England; Scotland; Wales; Northern Ireland)

This story reviews “Juggling work and unpaid care: a growing issue,” an online poll undertaken from December 28, 2018 through January 4, 2019, and the poll’s accompanying report, which was …

France, UK: “Global Framework Agreements and Trade Unions as Monitoring Agents in Transnational Corporations”

Based on a qualitative analysis of ten French multinational companies, this article pursues an empirical investigation that presents the authors’ view of what a global framework agreement should be. The …

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Schwanger, dann geschraubt: wie Würgenverträge eingesetzt werden, um entlassene Mütter zum Schweigen zu bringen

In den Monaten, seit die Geschichte von Harvey Weinstein gebrochen und die #MeToo-Bewegung explodiert ist, ist das Bewusstsein für die Verwendung von Geheimhaltungsvereinbarungen (NDAs) gewachsen, in einigen Fällen…

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