Britain would have 14m more secure jobs if Employment Rights Bill was in place in 2023, study finds

MORE than a million workers a year will be protected from “severe insecurity” by the Employment Rights Bill, but 14 million more would in secure jobs if the legislation had …

Germany’s TikTok moderators laid off for AI demand compensation

TikTok workers in Germany are half way through a four-day strike over the social media giant’s plans to replace around 150 content moderators with artificial intelligence and refusal to engage …

The eagerly anticipated Employment Rights Bill: hope v reality

THE eagerly anticipated Employment Rights Bill, the pinnacle of Keir Starmer’s Labour government, is due to receive royal assent later in the year.  The headlines all sound fantastic — day …

Negotiating the Algorithm

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is today launching a guide to help workers prevent the abuse of algorithmic management and put the human back in control in their workplaces. …

French NCP Final Statement re “SHEIN in France”

The French National Contact Point (NCP) found that Shein does not comply with the OECD Guidelines for Responsible Business Conduct, particularly in areas of human rights, environment, and consumer protection, following …

Watering down Employment Rights Bill would threaten ‘once in a generation’ chance to close gender pay gap, ministers warned

The government has been warned against allowing amendments from the Lords to water down its flagship Employment Rights Bill, with seven leading women’s organisations arguing that this would hamper efforts to …

The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia (Cultural Bureau) v Ms A Alhayali [2025] Civ 1162

Ms Alhayali was employed by the Saudi Arabian Embassy in its Cultural Bureau. She was dismissed from her role and in January 2018 presented a claim to the Employment Tribunal, …

Poland to give labour inspectors power to reclassify civil law contracts

Along-awaited new draft of Poland’s National Labour Inspectorate (PIP) Act has been published and, as widely expected, introduces significant changes to the enforcement of the nation’s labour law.  Chief among …

La Poste Case: The First Decision on the Merits by the Paris Court of Appeal’s Special Chamber, a Methodological Milestone Structuring Duty of Vigilance Jurisprudence

On June 17, 2025, the Paris Court of Appeal’s Special Chamber (Chamber 5-12, dedicated to “emerging litigation”) delivered its first-ever ruling on the merits under France’s 2017 Duty of Vigilance Law (Loi …

Labour must deliver collective bargaining for unions – John Hendy

The Employment Rights Bill is nearly an Act. It only remains for the government to use its majority in the House of Commons to defeat the Tory and Lib-Dem amendments …