The Taliban’s New Criminal Regulation Legalizes Slavery, Violence, and Repression of Women

On January 7, 2026, the Taliban’s emir issued a two-point decree formally endorsing a new Criminal Procedural Regulations for Courts (119 articles, 3 chapters, 10 sections) and announcing that it would take effect …

New Book: Monitored at Work

“Monitored at Work is a legal study, beyond the traditional privacy paradigm, that explores the historical and conceptual foundations of the employer’s monitoring power, tracing its evolution from the Industrial …

Applying human rights due diligence in the workplace to achieve a Just Transition: a trade union guide

This ITUC guide supports trade unions in promoting Just Transition by applying Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) in the workplace and across supply chains. It equips unions with tools to …

EU Guidelines to Transpose EU Platform Work Directive

The European Commission has published its guidelines for member-states when transposing the EU Platform Work Directive. The guidelines are the product of an expert working group made up of member-state …

Initial assessment: a complaint about McDonald’s Restaurants Limited by a group of trade unions and a Civil Society Organisation

The complaint has been brought to the UK National Contact Point (NCP) against ‘McDonald’s UK’ (a division of the United States-based multinational enterprise McDonald’s Corporation) in relation to alleged ongoing …

Building Worker Power in a Precarious Federal Landscape: Sectoral Strategies and Worker Democracy

This post launches a new series exploring how states and cities can expand worker power in the United States. The series is grounded in a set of working papers and …

Tackling hidden retaliation for strike participation

For workers, employer retaliation represents a major threat in response to their participation in a strike. While dismissal is the most visible form of such retaliation, it can also take …

Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal: Privacy at Work in an Era of New Technologies

This journal has a group of articles focused on digital privacy at work. “PRIVACY PROTECTION has become an increasingly complex and controversial issue, fuelling academic and policy discussions, particularly in …

How to Save Labor Law from Slaughter

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court took up the question whether independent agencies, as they have been known for the last ninety years, can continue to exist. In Trump v. Slaughter, …

EU Court Draws the Line on Regulating Minimum Wages — Balancing Member State and EU Competence

Nearly three years after Denmark challenged the EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages (AMWD), last November 11th, 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has issued a landmark judgment clarifying …