International Lawyers Assisting Workers Network (ILAW Network) is a membership organization for union and worker rights’ lawyers. The core mission of the ILAW Network is to bring together legal practitioners and scholars in an exchange of ideas and information in order to best represent the rights and interests of workers and their organizations wherever they may be.
Future of Labor Law Database
An online resource for ILAW members to discuss, debate, and co-create model laws and policies. These models are intended to be worker-centric, inclusive, compliant with all international laws and reflective of best practices. To access the database, please click the icon above.
Litigation Fund
The ILAW Network is able to provide modest financial assistance to support the work of its members to bring strategic litigation to promote or defend the rights and interests of workers and trade unions. Please fill in the application by clicking the icon above to request access to this fund.
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If you are requesting assistance, other than financial assistance, on an issue to defend the rights and interests of workers and trade unions, please fill in this form by clicking the icon above.
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New Duty on UK Employers to Prevent Sexual Harassment
From 26 October 2024, UK employers will be subject to a new positive duty to prevent sexual harassment of workers in the course of their employment. The new preventative duty …
Subcontracting at NYC hotels must end
Unknown to most guests, often that housekeeper isn’t employed by the hotel. Instead, they work for a subcontractor we’ve never heard of, an arrangement leading to lower wages and benefits. …
Horeb recruitment agency ordered to pay over UGX.250M in damages for migrant worker’s death
The High Court of Uganda made a groundbreaking ruling in favor of Ms. Namale Desire, daughter of Milly Namutamba, a migrant worker who died in Saudi Arabia in early 2019. …
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ILAW Global Conference 2024
We are excited to invite you to the Third ILAW Network Global Conference, which will be held on October 9 – 11 in Morocco! We hope that you will be …
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The UK’s Turn to Switch Off? Lessons from Australia’s Right to Disconnect
One commitment made in the Labour Party’s ‘Plan to Make Work Pay’ was introducing a ‘right to switch off’ from work. Whilst the Coronavirus pandemic demonstrated that a wide range …