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UAW files charges against Mercedes-Benz while employees look to unionize

The United Auto Workers union filed charges in Germany against Mercedes-Benz. This comes after employees at the plant in Vance are working to unionize to protect their rights. “In the …

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Digital labour platforms and migrant workers

Analysing migrants’ working conditions and (over)representation in platform work in Europe “Working for labour platforms is still relatively rare, but the generally poor working conditions and the impact on the …

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Are there workers’ environmental rights in EU law?

Over recent decades, we have seen an increase in academic exploration of the interactions between workers and the environment, including the emergence of new fields such as environmental labour studies. Labour lawyers have …

‘Gig’ workers in Europe: the new platform of rights

“Last Monday, European Union member states reached a provisional agreement on the compromise text of the directive on platform work. This momentous decision comes more than two years after the European Commission’s initial …

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Confronting systemic human rights violations: Human rights due diligence and state-imposed forced labor under the German Supply Chain Act

“The existence of state-imposed forced labor as a systemic human rights violation within global value chains requires an urgent corporate response. Although the issue of state-imposed forced labor and its …

EU Policy. Governments support stripped-down corporate due diligence law

After weeks of uncertainty, new EU rules on sustainable supply chains seem likely to pass into law. EU member states on Friday (15 March) have voted in favour of a …

ECCJ: CSDDD endorsement brings us 0.05% closer to corporate justice

Today’s decision by EU capitals to endorse the Belgian Presidency’s political deal on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) is a significant step forward in the protection of human …

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It takes three to tango in the EU: the new European Directive on Platform Work

In March 2024, The European Union’s institutions reached an agreement to adopt a European Directive on Platform Work. To understand the content of this Directive, it is essential to know what European directives …

At long last, EU countries adopt the platform work directive

EU countries finally adopted the platform work directive at a meeting of the bloc’s labour ministers on Monday (11 March), after Estonia and Greece, which had abstained in the past, …

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EU Advances Watered-Down Labor Plan for Uber, Deliveroo Workers

European Union countries reached a breakthrough Monday on planned rules over workers’ rights in the gig economy, after EU member states reached the necessary majority to move ahead with the …