The French president called on the European Union to abolish a directive on corporate sustainability that requires large companies to show supply chains upholding human rights and environmental standards. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/05/20/macron-backs-call-to-scrap-eu-sustainability-rules_6741434_4.html
A group of migrant workers from Bangladesh are suing a recruitment company and the government for leaving them jobless in Malaysia after an alleged job scam involving payment of tens …
A federal appeals court lifted an order on Friday that blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal employees of the ability to unionize and collectively …
Thousands of migrant workers are likely to die in Saudi Arabia as a result of a building boom fuelled by the 2034 men’s World Cup and other major construction projects, human …
Professor Maria Eugenia Rodriguez Florez recently published two important texts on platform work. The first text, written with Maria Figueroa, is the first chapter of the book “The Elgar Companion …
Scores of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia die in gruesome yet avoidable workplace-related accidents, including falling from buildings, electrocution, and even decapitation, Human Rights Watch said today. Saudi authorities have failed to …
Denmark and Italy are asking other countries to back a letter criticising the European Court of Human Rights for going “too far” in interpreting the law, particularly on migration issues. The …
Modern slavery victims are choosing to stay with their exploiters rather than access government support designed to protect them for fear of immigration enforcement, research has found. The independent anti-slavery …
A cross-party committee of MPs has written to the UK’s equalities watchdog to seek assurances that its guidance on how organisations interpret the landmark supreme court ruling on gender issues …
The indictment of Vinci Constructions Grand Projects (VCGP) concerning the use of forced labour on its Qatari construction sites has been confirmed by the French Supreme Court. Sherpa, the initiator …
