An elusive justice—holding parent companies accountable for human rights abuse

A UK judgement on Shell’s operations in Nigeria yet again shows the need to prevent powerful multinationals hiding behind their subsidiaries to dodge accountability for human rights abuses. https://www.openglobalrights.org/elusive-justice-holding-parent-companies-accountable-for-human-rights-ab/

UK:”Collection: Certification Officer decisions: breach of union rules”

On this webpage, United Kingdom’s (“U.K.”) Government’s Certification Officer, who is the head of the Certification Office for Trade Unions and Employers’ Associations, publishes final decisions on complaints filed by …

Dewhurst v Citysprint UK Ltd

The Central London Employment Tribunal found that Dewhurst, a cycle courier, was a worker within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act. As such, the employer, a same day courier …

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Sindicatos de empresas transnacionales de automóviles en Rusia y Eslovaquia: perspectivas para el poder de la clase trabajadora

Este documento trata sobre un problema de poder de negociación de los trabajadores rusos utilizando un ejemplo de fábrica de VW en la región de Kaluga. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959680116676718 (en inglés)

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Manual sobre la evaluación de las disposiciones laborales en los acuerdos de comercio e inversión

El manual de la OIT de 2017 proporciona información práctica en un formato dirigido a audiencias no especializadas que se centran en diferentes enfoques con respecto al contenido y los mecanismos de implementación de las disposiciones laborales (incluida la cooperación técnica ...

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Labor Migration from China to Europe: Scope and Potential

The report aims to enhance the understanding of the scope, opportunities, and challenges of labor migration from China to the EU; promote sound policies and practices; reduce the vulnerability of …

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Disputas laborales colectivas y huelgas en Rusia: el impacto de los precedentes judiciales y la ejecución

Este documento examina la legislación y los mecanismos rusos que regulan las protestas laborales, los conflictos y las huelgas y el enfoque de los tribunales ante los conflictos laborales colectivos y las huelgas en Rusia (en particular, el ...

Article “Discrimination Damages – Promoting or Preventing Access to Justice?”

A central aim of Swedish (and EU) labor law is to combat unlawful discrimination in the workplace and critical to this aim is ensuring that claimants are able to obtain …

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Sweden: Article “Atypical Work in the Digital Age – Outline of a Trade Union Strategy for the Gig Economy”

This article considers the trend towards more uncertain forms of employment in the gig-economy and the challenges this presents for trade unions. The article outlines a union strategy to respond …

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EU, Germany: The Law Concerning the Election of Employee’s Representatives in Company Bodies (Report in light of the CJEU case Konrad Erzberger v TUI AG, C 566/15)

This report discusses a current case referred by German court to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in relation to workers’ participation in the supervisory boards in an international company …

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