The Federal Anti-Trafficking Statute Can Deliver Civil Remedies for U.S. Workers

Twenty-five years ago, Congress enacted the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (“TVPRA”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1581 et seq., as a criminal statute prohibiting forced labor, slavery, peonage, or indentured servitude, as …

Who’s afraid of picket lines? The backsliding of collective labour rights is quietly reshaping European democracy

The backsliding doesn’t follow a single playbook. In Italy, transport minister Matteo Salvini has repeatedly used administrative injunctions (precettazione) to curb strikes, turning what once was an exceptional measure into a routine constraint on …

A proposal to make the new Fair Work Agency more effective: Closer partnerships with worker organisations

On 7 April 2026, the Fair Work Agency (FWA) officially launched as an executive agency of the Department of Business and Trade. The FWA brings together three existing enforcement bodies—the …

Moving Toward Shared Responsibility: How the EU’s CSDDD and Omnibus I Reimagine Contracting for Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence

For decades, the legal architecture for managing human rights and environmental (HRE) risks in global supply chains has relied on a practice we call ‘risk-shifting’. In this model, lead firms use …

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Fixing a labour justice system that fails workers

On May 1, as the world marks International Workers’ Day, the promise of justice for workers in Bangladesh deserves renewed attention. At the centre of that promise stand the country’s …

Employers Should Choose a Lane

mazon workers at the JFK8 fulfillment center in Staten Island are caught in a labor-law no-man’s land. Amazon has challenged the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in federal court, …

Virginia governor’s amended collective bargaining bill would leave workers’ rights optional and large public-sector pay gap unaddressed

This year, large majorities in both houses of Virginia’s General Assembly passed landmark legislation to extend equal collective bargaining rights to most public-sector workers. The Assembly’s collective bargaining bill proposed replacing Virginia’s Jim …

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Compensation falls short and fails workers, it must change

In conversation with AKM Nasim, Country Programme Director at Solidarity Center Bangladesh and a former member of the Labour Reform Commission. What provisions currently exist in Bangladesh’s labour laws and …

How Dispute Resolution is Shaping Human Rights Expectations of Companies: Judicial Reference to UNGPs, OECD Guidelines

After two days spent hearing from experts in fields from private practice to politics and academia, the final session of the BHRLA conference exemplified the theme of “navigating change” underpinning …

Jueces laborales contra la libertad sindical

La reforma laboral de 2019 ha traído avances importantes en materia colectiva, pero también muchos retrocesos. Se han incrementado en los juzgados laborales en materia colectiva criterios con apariencia de justicia pero que obstaculizan la libertad sindical en materia …