Appeals Court Sides With Home Depot Over NLRB in BLM Dispute

Home Depot Inc. doesn’t have to rehire a Minnesota retail worker after a federal appeals court held that the National Labor Relations Board “improperly evaluated” the reasons for the company’s …

Why Daimler Truck ruling rewrites the rules on equal pay comparisons

A recent landmark German ruling has re-emphasised the principle of equal pay for equal work, holding that a woman who claims pay discrimination is entitled to reference the salary of …

Employment Rights Bill enters ‘ping pong’ stage as government is defeated in the Lords

Labour’s employment rights legislation has suffered a series of defeats in the House of Lords, meaning that it will now go back to the House of Commons in a process …

RMG leaders seek review of labour law amendments

Leaders of the country’s apparel industry on Tuesday urged the government to review certain provisions of the latest amendments to the labour law, saying the changes were made bypassing the …

Draft National Labour and Employment Policy ‘Inspired’ by Manusmriti, Draws Criticism

The draft National Labour and Employment Policy, prepared by the Union Labour Ministry, draws inspiration from the Manusmriti, the controversial ancient Hindu text which is widely criticised for extoling and reinforcing …

Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals

Rising global heat is now killing one person a minute around the world, a major report on the health impact of the climate crisis has revealed. It says the world’s …

Climate Refugees Are Already Here—And Democracy Hangs In The Balance

At the end of July, the Frankfurter Rundschau ran an alarming headline: “First country on Earth to become uninhabitable—alarming forecast.” The island nation of Tuvalu in the South Pacific will most likely …

Irish firms must prepare for greater pay gap reporting obligations

Ireland’s smaller employers have until the end of November to comply with new gender pay gap reporting rules which came into effect in May 2025. The government’s amendment to the …

Bangladesh drops charges against 48,000 garment workers

Workers’ rights campaigners have welcomed a decision by Bangladesh’s interim government to drop outstanding criminal cases against more than 48,000 garment workers who were arrested during pay protests two years …

EEOC sued after trashing disparate impact probes

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is facing a lawsuit from a former Amazon worker after announcing the closing of all disparate impact claim investigations.  An internal memo sent …