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 …

Indonesia National Recommendations for the 11th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour — “Digitalisation to Promote Decent Work for Migrant Workers in ASEAN”

Indonesia submitted national recommendations for ASEAN Forum on migrant labor to improve digitalization management and to prove digital services to migrant workers. Recommendations include integrating tools into one platform for …

O’Connor v Uber Technologies

The Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the class certification in O’Connor v. Uber, in which Uber drivers argued they should be categorized as employees rather than independent contractors. …