ETUC Transposition Guide – Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

This ETUC transposition guidance intends to help national and European trade unions in this transposition process at Member State and European level in order to make the CS3D even more …

Germany’s New Coalition Government Eliminates Sustainability Due Diligence Law

Germany’s conservative CDU and CSU parties and the center-left SPD announced a deal for the formation of a new government, and released a coalition agreement that includes the immediate elimination …

Competition and labour – A Trade Union Reading of EU Competition Policies

“Competition practices are facing a growing range of criticisms amid concerns with corporate power at an all-time high. This raises a number of challenges, including adverse impact on sustainability issues …

European Commission: Study exploring the context, challenges, opportunities, and trends in algorithmic management

The present study was carried out to provide the Commission with a comprehensive, evidence-based analysis of the context, challenges, opportunities, and trends in algorithmic management (AM) in the workplace, as …

Employment rights bill must do more to stop ‘disposable labour’ in UK, say unions

The UK government’s employment rights bill has made “important strides” to stop another P&O Ferries scandal happening – but more must be done, according to trade unions. The TUC, Nautilus and …

Lawmakers launch bill to ‘protect’ US firms from EU due diligence requirements

Republican Senator Bill Hagerty has introduced a bill to prohibit US companies across a range of extractive and manufacturing industries from participating in foreign due diligence legislation – with the …

UN judge found guilty of forcing young woman to work as slave

A United Nations judge has been convicted of forcing a young woman to work as a slave. Lydia Mugambe, 49, took advantage of her status over her victim by preventing her …

UK employment rights plan extends guaranteed hours to agency workers

All British workers, including nearly a million agency workers, will be entitled to a contract which reflects the hours they regularly work, according to amendments tabled by the government to …

Asda workers advance to the final stage of their equal pay battle

The Employment Tribunal found in favour of 12 out of 14 women acting as ‘lead claimants’ for the store workers in the action and determined that they have established equal …

France asks EU to delay ‘burden’ of new environmental, human rights rules for businesses

France on Friday asked the European Union to suspend “indefinitely” landmark new rules on environmental and human rights supply chain standards, saying they were too burdensome for businesses. The call comes as Brussels has vowed to …