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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La Ley de Esclavitud Moderna del Reino Unido: más para los 'salvadores' que para los 'salvados'

“¿De quién es la realidad?”, Preguntó una vez el autor y profesor de desarrollo Robert Chambers. Sus reflexiones sobre la participación deben incorporarse en todas las áreas de la política pública. El pasado martes el Reino Unido ...

Economía del concierto: el trabajador pierde la reclamación salarial de vacaciones de Pimlico Plumbers

Un ingeniero de calefacción que ganó un reclamo contra Pimlico Plumbers en la corte suprema, estableciendo que era un trabajador y no trabajaba por cuenta propia, perdió su oferta para reclamar £ 74,000 en concepto de vacaciones pagadas ...

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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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Embarazadas y luego atornilladas: cómo se utilizan los contratos de amordazamiento para silenciar a las madres despedidas

En los meses transcurridos desde que se rompió la historia de Harvey Weinstein y el movimiento #MeToo, ha habido una creciente conciencia del uso de acuerdos de no divulgación (NDA), en algunos casos, ...

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