France: Cour de Cassation Ruling n°374 – Uber Driver is an ’employee’

The French Court of Cassation ordered the contractual relationship between the Uber company and a driver to be reclassified as an employment contract. The court found that when connecting to …

Top French court deals blow to Uber by giving driver ’employee’ status

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s top court has recognized the right of an Uber driver to be considered an employee, a ruling that could upend the U.S. firm’s business model and potentially …

France: Mr X v. Uber France and Uber BV Ruling No. 374

Mr X v. Uber France and Uber BV Ruling No. 374 Date: March 4, 2020 Tribunal: Labour Chamber of the Court of Cassation Issue: Unlawful dismissal Finding: Employee Mr. X, …

Eligibility for parental leave in EU Member States

“The study provides eligibility rates for each of the Member States and an overview of the main eligibility criteria that they have set. An intersectional perspective helps to identify which …

‘A worker is a worker’: the trade unions organising migrants across Europe

A conviction that lies at the very heart of international trade unionism is that a worker is a worker, wherever he or she is from. But how can unions put …

ECCJ Legal Brief: EU Model Legislation on Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights and the Environment

ECCJ has long been calling for EU legislation on mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence and corporate liability, requiring companies to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for human rights abuses and …

European Commission: Study on due diligence requirements through the supply chain

This study for the European Commission focuses on due diligence requirements to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for abuses of human rights, including the rights of the child and fundamental …

Due diligence: has France really laid the foundations to end corporate impunity?

On 24 October 2013, the Rana Plaza disaster in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, triggered a huge outcry. Over a thousand people were killed when the building, which housed garment factories, …

Hamida Begum v Maran (UK) Ltd

The Claimant brings a claim against Maran UK Limited for negligence and breach of common law duty of care relating to fatal injuries suffered by the Claimant’s late husband, MD …

Commission decides to partially withdraw Cambodia’s preferential access to the EU market

The European Commission has decided to withdraw part of the tariff preferences granted to Cambodia under the European Union’s Everything But Arms’ (EBA) trade scheme due to the serious and …