Due Diligence for Responsible Corporate Lending and Securities Underwriting

Due diligence can help banks prevent or address adverse impacts related to human and labour rights, the environment, and corruption associated with their clients as well as avoid financial and …

Employment Law in Sweden – An overview (2019)

These articles give a general overview of Swedish labor law, including the terms and conditions of employment in Sweden, employee representation and industrial relations, discrimination in the workplace, annual and …

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Policy brief “Collective agreements for platform workers? Examples from the Nordic countries”

This policy brief considers platform companies’ workers’ access to collective bargaining. As workers in such contexts are usually considered by platform companies as self-employed, such workers tend to not have …

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Nordic Region: Policy brief “Uber in the Nordic countries: Challenges and adjustments”

This policy brief considers Uber’s operations in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, highlighting, inter alia, the regulatory framework and issues concerning labor law and the drivers’ working conditions. The significant …

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France: Guide against Sexual Harassment in the Workplace from Labor Agency “Direction Générale du Travail”

Recognized as Great National Cause, gender inequality needs to be fought with concrete actions.  This guide provides for mandatory information to be provided to employees including how to bring a …

Der KiK-Fall: Eine ganze Industrie schaut am 10. Januar auf das LG Dortmund

Der KiK-Fall, der heute vor dem LG Dortmund verhandelt wird (AZ O 95/15), könnte eine ganze Industrie umkrempeln. Wahrscheinlich wird das nicht passieren, da die Ansprüche verjährt sein könnten. Die Argumentation der …

New Zealand: Community Law Manual Online- Discrimination

This chapter gives an overview of the anti-discrimination laws in New Zealand and explains the different grounds on which it’s illegal to discriminate and the actions could be taken against …

Президиум Верховного Суда Российской Федерации подготовил Обзор прецедентного права в отношении материальной ответственности работников

Верховный Суд Российской Федерации обобщил прецедентное право по вопросам, касающимся материальной ответственности работников за период 2015-2018 гг. В частности, обзор включает случаи ...

Обзор прецедентного права Верховного Суда РФ № 3 (2018)

Пункт 15 Обзора охватывает спор по трудовому договору между работниками и работодателем. Спор был рассмотрен Верховным Судом Российской Федерации. ...

Russia: Employers Could Face Criminal Prosecution for Hiring and Firing Preretirement-Aged Persons

In the beginning of October 2018 Russia adopted the federal law “On Amendments to Criminal Code of the Russian Federation”. This law criminalizes age discrimination in the dismissing and hiring …

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