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EU lawmakers back further weakening of contentious sustainability laws

Far-right parties joined forces with the centre-right in the European Parliament on Thursday to back further cuts to the bloc’s corporate sustainability laws, after months of pressure from companies and …

Amazon sued for keeping workers under ‘constant threat of punishment’ if they call in sick

Amazon has been sued for allegedly keeping its employees under a “constant threat of punishment” if they call in sick or need time off. The complaint, filed yesterday, alleges that the …

EEOC’s Power to Shut Probes Under Scrutiny in Amazon Driver Suit

The EEOC’s investigatory discretion will be tested in an Amazon worker’s case challenging the agency’s directive for staff to close pending charges that use disparate impact theory. The suit will weigh how easily …

Resources

Akhmad v. Bumble Bee Foods

The court ruled that the fishers presented sufficient allegations of forced labor as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, noting that Bumble Bee did not contest the fishers were subject …

Case C‑19/23 – action for annulment under Article 263 TFEU, brought on 18 January 2023,

By its application, the Kingdom of Denmark seeks, primarily, annulment of Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in …

Driven Down: How Workplace Technology Enables Amazon to Steal Wages, Hide Labor, Intensify Poor Working Conditions, and Evade Responsibility

“Amazon delivery drivers, alongside warehouse workers and other people in the Amazon delivery supply chain, are subject to intense amounts of surveillance. Amazon has multiple avenues for surveilling its delivery …

Nigeria: Jagun v. Airtel Networks Ltd.

Full Judgment of the Nigerian Industrial Court finding in favor the Mr. Jagun for unfair dismissal and discrimination based on his use of a wheelchair.    

The ‘Coldplay Incident’: Work and Private Life

Last summer, a woman and a man were embracing blissfully at a Coldplay concert when they were caught by a ‘kiss cam’, a camera that is used in concerts to …

Discrimination law, Section 3 Human Rights Act, and the Higgs Poser

Both human rights law and discrimination law share a concern to ensure respect for the dignity and autonomy of individuals.  Yet they pursue those shared values on parallel tracks through …

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