New Zealand: Minimum rights of employees 

Information on minimum employment rights and responsibilities available in various languages and could be downloaded as PDF. Provided by Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment of New Zealand. https://www.employment.govt.nz/starting-employment/rights-and-responsibilities/minimum-rights-of-employees-translations/

South Korea grants temporary permits to Yemeni refugees

The South Korean government did not recognize a single refugee in its second review of hundreds of Yemeni asylum seekers who applied for status after arriving on Jeju Island. The government …

Collective Labour Agreement between Ryanair and its workers based in Italy (FIT CISL, ANPAC & ANPAV)

Attached is the Collective Labour Agreement between low fare airline Ryanair and three of its unions, FIT CISL, ANPAC & ANPAV.  The agreement recognizes that workers whose home base is …

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Supply Chain: Issues and Analysis: Governing Law and Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction and governing law clauses are required, and an arbitration clause is often appropriate, whenever there is a cross-border element in a contract. Particular issues arise in the context of …

Age Discrimination Law in Russia

This post provides information specifically on age discrimination. http://www.agediscrimination.info/international-age-discrimination/russia  

Merry Mukiria v Methodist Church in Kenya Trustees Registered & another

This is a case about dismissal. The Claimant is an evangelist. She was pregnant before wedding. The Respondent terminated her because of the moral standards of the church. The court …

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Netherlands v Urgenda Foundations

The Court of Appeal hereby upholds the decision in Urgenda decision of the District Court of 2015, whereby the Dutch State was said to commit a tort for having too little ambitious …

Too Good to Be True? A Comment on Hall and Krueger’s Analysis of the Labor Market for Uber’s Driver-Partners

In their comment on the article on Uber driver-partners by Jonathan Hall and Alan Krueger, the authors analyze the article’s methodological problems, including sample bias, leading questions, selective reporting of …

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UK: Grange v Abellio London Ltd [2018] UKEAT 0304_17_0810 (8 October 2018)

In this decision published by the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the United Kingdom (“UKEAT”), based on an employee’s claim of a violation of the Working Time Regulations 1998 (“WTR”), Regulation …

Banking, Insurance & Finance Union (Kenya) v Bank of Baroda (K) Ltd & another

This case talks about retirement discrimination. The court ruled that except for the provisions under the Constitution, the laws of Kenya forbid any form of discrimination. If employees are working …