UK anti-strike rules may breach international law, MPs and peers warn

Workers in some public sector jobs will be completely prevented from striking under restrictive rules that may breach international law, parliament’s watchdog on human rights has said. The joint committee …

Tesla sues Swedish state in effort to circumvent union action

Tesla is suing the Swedish state and the country’s postal service in an attempt to circumvent strikes and union action that have crippled its operations in the Scandinavian country. The …

Stringency of US Forced Labor Law Is Crucial to Its Success

For far too long, many companies have been able to hide behind opaque supply chains replete with human rights abuses. Business as usual, however, is no longer a given in …

YouTuber sues Google Spain for alleged wrongful dismissal

A Spanish YouTuber is suing Google Spain, a unit of Alphabet Inc, for wrongful dismissal in a case that could set a precedent for content creators’ labour rights, Spanish union …

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Netherlands: Supreme Court: court’s ruling that Deliveroo is bound by a collective labor agreement and must pay pension premiums for delivery drivers remains upheld

The two decisions of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal of December 21, 2021, that Deliveroo falls under the universally binding collective labor agreement for Professional Goods Transport and the rental …

High Court rules Nigerian communities can bring landmark human rights claims against Shell for oil pollution

The High Court has ruled that 13,000 Nigerian fishermen and farmers at the centre of a major oil pollution case against Shell can bring claims for breaches of their right …

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Blow to gig economy workers after UK supreme court rules against collective bargaining rights

Deliveroo riders do not have the right to collective negotiations on pay and conditions, the UK’s top court has ruled, in a blow to gig economy campaigners and the unions …

Apple Illegally Withheld Benefits From Union Workers, US Labor Board Alleges

Apple Inc. is facing charges from the federal labor board after it excluded unionized retail workers from a benefits boost last year. A National Labor Relations Board regional director lodged …

Pay Thousands to Quit Your Job? Some Employers Say So.

Before moving to the United States, Vidal had signed a contract stipulating that, if he quit or got fired within three years, he would owe A.C.S. an unspecified amount of …

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Sentence of the Court of Palermo against Foodinho (Glovo group): «The selection of riders is discriminatory»

The “selection system” of riders by Foodinho (Glovo group) is “discriminatory”, which, through an “excellence score”, offers better “if not more” job opportunities, because they can choose the riders in …

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