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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Trade unions in transnational automotive companies in Russia and Slovakia: Prospects for working-class power

This paper deals with a problem of bargaining power of Russian workers using an example of VW factory in Kaluga region. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959680116676718 (in English)

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Handbook on Assessment of Labour provisions in Trade and Investment Arrangements

A 2017 ILO Handbook provides practical information in a format geared towards non-specialist audiences focusing on different approaches regarding the content and implementation mechanisms of labour provisions (including technical cooperation …

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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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Collective Labor Disputes and Strikes in Russia: The Impact of Judicial Precedents and Enforcement

This paper examines Russian legislation and mechanisms regulating labor protests, conflicts and strikes and the approach of the courts to collective labor disputes and strikes in Russia (in particular, the …

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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