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COVID19 and the Corporate Duty to Respect Human Rights: It’s time for the business community to step up

“The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has appealed for human rights to be front and centre of the coordinated international response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For tens of millions of workers …

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Furloughing and Fundamental Rights: The Case of Paid Annual Leave

As the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme takes shape over the coming weeks, its interaction with a host of existing employment rights will need to be clarified as a matter of …

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Austrália: Os funcionários podem usar os direitos pagos por licença médica enquanto se afastaram do COVID-19?

Este artigo de comentário discute se na Austrália, os funcionários que foram 'dispensados' devido ao COVID-19 podem usar licença médica remunerada ou outros direitos. A Qantas Airlines parece ...

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Quais recentes greves nos EUA na Whole Foods, Amazon divulgam sobre a lei trabalhista canadense

“Trabalhadores não sindicais empregados por grandes empresas americanas, como Whole Foods, Amazon e Instacart, realizaram uma série de greves nesta semana para protestar contra condições perigosas de trabalho e baixos salários…

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Os trabalhadores migrantes serão cobertos pelo benefício de resposta a emergências do Canadá?

“Governments continue to ramp up their response to the COVID-19 pandemic both through prevention measures to stem the spread and through new initiatives to financially support Canadian workers and businesses …

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Moral bankruptcy during times of crisis: H&M just thought twice before triggering force majeure clauses with suppliers, and here’s why you should too

COVID-19 is forcing companies to make tough business decisions. But they cannot declare moral bankruptcy and expect to emerge unscathed from the pandemic. By reflexively triggering force majeure clauses to …

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O direito de recusar em um mundo COVID-19

In view of the fact that the Ontario government has declared a state of emergency under the under section 7.0.1(1) of theEmergency Management and Civil Protection Act and passed O. Reg. 82/30 declaring …

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 …

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COVID-19 Employment Issues - um contador pronto para trabalhadores australianos

Esta postagem tem o objetivo de ajudar os australianos a entender melhor quais são as opções legais que recebem diante da pandemia COVID-19. Este comentário é focado em tempo integral, meio período ou prazo fixo ...

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Um novo contrato social pode reconstruir nossos locais de trabalho e economias após o COVID-19

Our world is in crisis with many faces of devastation: the devastation of inequality, climate devastation with extreme weather events and changing seasons, and now the devastation of a pandemic with no …

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