France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, promised to build the Summer Olympics safely, free of the construction hazards and migrant worker abuses that tarnished soccer’s 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Months before …
Unions seek privacy probes over Amazon’s work surveillance systems
Trade unions from 11 different European countries have written to data protection authorities across the bloc asking them to investigate Amazon’s data surveillance practices, according to a letter seen by …
Belgium: Uber Eats couriers reclassified as employees
The Labor Relations Commission indicates that three delivery drivers from the company Uber Eats must be reclassified as employees. The cabinet of Pierre-Yves Dermagne and the unions welcome it. It …
Germany’s struggle to clean up its supply chains has lessons for Europe
German engineering company BAUCH makes machines and engine components out of materials mined in China, Africa or South America that pass through multiple hands and processes before they reach its …
US labor official calls on companies to exit China’s Xinjiang
International companies cannot responsibly operate in Xinjiang and should leave the western Chinese region due to forced labor concerns, a U.S. Labor Department official said on Tuesday. The U.S. government …
Legal action against Dutch firms for allegedly profiting from forced labour of North Koreans in Polish shipyard dismissed
On 15 of April 2024, the Hague Court of Appeal decided that two Dutch companies are not to be prosecuted for profiting from human trafficking, money laundering or fencing. The …
EEOC Releases Workplace Guidance to Prevent Harassment
Today the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published final guidance on harassment in the workplace, “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace.” By providing this resource on the legal …
Ecuador: Victims of modern slavery must have remedy and reparation in ongoing lawsuits, UN experts say
Victims of modern slavery in Ecuador’s abaca plantations, who suffered harrowing human rights abuses for decades under the Furukawa Plantaciones company, must be granted legal remedy and reparation in ongoing …
Labour Court rules in favour of woman who was fired for smoking ‘a joint’ after work
Bernadette Enever filed an appeal against Barloworld South Africa’s decision to dismiss her on April 20, 2020, for going against their zero-approach policy to drugs and alcohol. In June 2022, …
EU Parliament approves ban of products made with forced labour
The European Parliament approved rules on Tuesday to ban in the EU the sale, import and export of goods made using forced labour. The move was driven by EU lawmakers concerned …
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