ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. Third edition Updated estimates and analysis

The world of work is being profoundly affected by the global virus pandemic. In addition to the threat to public health, the economic and social disruption threatens the long-term livelihoods …

ITUC Global COVID-19 Survey 20 April – 23 April 2020 Key Findings

“Almost one in five countries (17%) say they are undertaking partial re-opening of workplaces, businesses and community spaces, raising serious concerns about preparations to protect workers from Covid-19 as they …

Tips and Benefits: Lessons from Israeli Law for the COVID Era

This post looks at the on-going issues faced by restaurant workers’ tips versus wages, and how the current pandemic exacerbates this issue. Among the many issues that tipping causes, one …

India: Factory Workers Can Now Legally Be Asked to Work 12- Hour Shifts. How Will this Change Things?

The article analyses the April 15 notification of the Ministry of Home Affairs of India outlining the conditions under which economic activities could be restarted in non-containment zones and which …

Council of Global Unions Statement on Recognition of COVID-19 as an Occupational Disease

On the occasion of International Workers Memorial Day 20201 , the global trade union movement calls upon governments and occupational health and safety bodies around the world to recognise SARS-CoV-2 …

Italy: Right to Strike restriction during COVID-19 pandemic

The Italian “Strike Guarantee Authority” (Commissione di Garanzia)–that is empowered to regulate the right to strike in public services–has ordered all trade union organizations not to take any collective actions …

RCWA & JANE DOE V. SMITHFIELD

The action is the first lawsuit seeking to secure injunctive relief to protect frontline workers from the coronavirus. The plaintiffs in the suit are the local nonprofit workers’ rights group …

Sri Lanka: Employers Federation of Ceylon (EFC) Seeks Post Covid Short Term Relief for Employers

Here is the full text of the EFC’s submission. The EFC is asking the Hon. Minister of Skills Development, Employment & Labour Relations to approve a longer work week, allow …

French court upholds order limiting Amazon deliveries amid coronavirus risk

PARIS — A French court upheld a ruling Friday restricting Amazon deliveries to essential products only until a risk assessment is carried out, but reduced fines for breaches and extended …

How and Why to Empower Workers in the COVID-19 Response

“From the lack of paid sick leave to a shortage of hospital beds, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed glaring problems in our social infrastructure. Those who remain on the job …