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 …

Access to Justice Challenges Faced by Victims and Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Eswatini

“In June 2018, the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence (SODV) Act was passed into law after years of advocacy from civil society and women’s human rights organizations in Eswatini. It …

LANDMARK NEVSUN RULING WILL PAVE WAY FORWARD FOR OTHER VICTIMS OF CORPORATE ABUSE

Last Friday, the Canadian Supreme Court announced its decision on jurisdiction in Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, in which a Canadian company is being sued for alleged violations of Customary …

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 …

Indien: Benachrichtigung des Arbeitsministeriums von Karnataka über Mitarbeiter, die mit Coronavirus infiziert sind

The Department of Labor, of the state government of Karnataka has issued a notification dated March 5, 2020 (March 5 Notification) mandating that in light of the COVID-19 outbreak certain …

SIEBEN JAHRE NACH RANA PLAZA BLEIBEN WESENTLICHE HERAUSFORDERUNGEN

Vor fast sieben Jahren, im April 2013, brach die Bekleidungsfabrik Rana Plaza in Bangladesch zusammen und tötete mehr als tausend Arbeiter. Dieser Bericht des US-Senats beschreibt, wie viele heute…

France: Cour de Cassation Ruling n°374 – Uber Driver is an ’employee’

The French Court of Cassation ordered the contractual relationship between the Uber company and a driver to be reclassified as an employment contract. The court found that when connecting to …

ALI RAZAK; KENAN SABANI; KHALDOUN CHERDOUD et. al v. UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

This case is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of Uber  on the question of whether drivers for UberBLACK are employees or independent contractors within the …

Arbeitsbedingte geschlechtsspezifische Gewalt einschließlich sexueller Belästigung: Ein Leitfaden für Arbeitgeber

Arbeitsbedingte geschlechtsspezifische Gewalt ist ein ernstes Problem des Arbeitsschutzes. Dieser Leitfaden soll Arbeitgebern helfen, arbeitsbedingte geschlechtsspezifische Gewalt zu verhindern und darauf zu reagieren. https://content.api.worksafe.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-03/ISBN-Work-related-gendered-violence-including-sexual-harassment-2020-03.pdf

An economic analysis of interstate migrant construction workers in Kannur District in Kerala

This paper studies the reason that forces the migration of construction workers to Kannur in Kerala, the socio-economic challenges they face, and the interventions that the government can make to …

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