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Amazon’s Great Labor Awakening

Covid-19 has cemented the e-commerce giant’s hold on the economy — but it has also spurred employees all around the country to organize. When Abdul Tokhi, a father of two …

Religious Employers Win Right to Discriminate Against Transgender Employees

Should religious employers be able to discriminate against their transgender employees in the provision of health insurance?  Recently, in Religious Sisters of Mercy v. Azar, a federal district court in …

Indian Supreme Court Upholds Reasonable Accommodation for Persons with Disabilities

On February 11, 2021, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India in Vikash Kumar v. Union Public Service Commission (Vikash Kumar) held that that an individual suffering from …

Okpabi v Shell and Lungowe v Vedanta Dispel Three Myths

Last Friday, the Supreme Court decided Okpabi v Shell. This is the most recent of a series of cases on the duty of care that UK parent companies may owe …

UK Okpabi et al v Shell: UK Supreme Court Reaffirms Parent Companies May Owe a Duty of Care Towards Communities Impacted by their Subsidiaries in Third Countries

“The much-awaited judgment by the UK Supreme Court (SC) in Okpabi and others v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and another (Okpabi) was handed down in an online hearing on Friday 12 February 2021 some …

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APLICACIÓN DE LA RECOMENDACIÓN 204 DE OIT. Concepto del Panel de Expertos de LO TCO Suecia

Serie conceptos técnicos del Panel de Expertos de la LO TCO de Suecia: Las Centrales sindicales LO y TCO de Suecia cuentan con un Panel de Expertos, abogados laborales internacionales …

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Comisiones Nacionales Tripartitas de Relaciones Laborales. Análisis comparado. Concepto del Panel de Expertos de LO TCO Suecia

Serie conceptos técnicos del Panel de Expertos de la LO TCO de Suecia: Las Centrales sindicales LO y TCO de Suecia cuentan con un Panel de Expertos, abogados laborales internacionales …

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The Panel Report under the EU-Korea Trade Agreement Concerning Labor Practices: What are the Purposes of Trade Agreements as they Relate to the ILO’s Fundamental Labor Rights?

In recent years, workers’ rights advocates have increasingly urged the US and the EU to strengthen the commitments under the labor chapters of their trade agreements. Following up on the …

Which workers and which unions can claim protection under freedom of association? The EU-Korea FTA Panel Decision Part II

Rejecting the Korean accusation that the EU was seeking to illegitimately ‘harmonise’ labour standards, the Panel carefully analysed the principles established under international law. This entailed examination of Korean trade …

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Which workers and which unions can claim protection under freedom of association? The EU-Korea FTA Panel Decision Part II

“This blog continues analysis of the EU-Korea FTA Expert Panel Report, focussing on the significance of the findings regarding ‘Freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to …