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Juíza exige volta de teletrabalho na Eletrosul, da Eletrobras, por riscos com Covid (Judge demands return of telework at Eletrobras’s Eletrosul, due to risks with Covid)

SÃO PAULO (Reuters) – Decisões da Justiça do Trabalho nesta sexta-feira determinaram que a subsidiária da elétrica estatal Eletrobras no Sul do país, Eletrosul, deverá voltar a colocar funcionários em …

Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) v. Foodora Inc (2020) OLRB Case No: 1346-19-R (“Foodora”).

Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) v. Foodora Inc (2020) OLRB Case No: 1346-19-R (“Foodora”). Year: February 25, 2020 Tribunal: Ontario Labour Relations Board Issue: Union representation Finding: Dependent Contractors …

Brazil: Marcio Vieira Jacob v. Uber do Brasil Tecnologia Ltda, RR – 1000123-89.2017.5.02.0038

While lower courts in Brazil have issued an array of decisions on employment status, the higher courts have sided firmly with platform companies like Uber. These three cases are the …

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Informe Empresas y Derechos Humanos: Estándares Interamericanos

La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos y su Relatoría Especial sobre Derechos Económicos, Sociales, Culturales y Ambientales publicó a finales de 2019 el informe “Empresas y Derechos Humanos: Estándares Interamericanos” …

Publicación de la ISP sobre cómo los sindicatos pueden utilizar el Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos

La Internacional de Servicios Públicos (ISP) lanza este martes 8 de octubre la “Guía Práctica para la Acción Sindical en el Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos”. La publicación, la primera …

PSI Practical Guide to the Inter-American System of Human Rights

Public Services International (PSI) launches, this Tuesday, October 8, the “Practical Guide to Trade Union Action in the Inter-American System of Human Rights”. The publication is the first of its …

Revisión de las Normas Internacionales del Trabajo. El rol del Grupo Tripartito de Trabajo del Mecanismo de Examen de Normas de la OIT (MEN)

“El Grupo de Trabajo tripartito del Mecanismo de Examen de Normas (GTT del MEN), funciona en el marco de la iniciativa relativa a las normas, que es una de las …

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Brazil: ADPF 449 / DF

ADPF 449 / DF Unofficial English Translation Tribunal: Federal Supreme Court Issue: Unfair Dismissal Finding: Independent Contractor Decision: The Supreme Court decided in a 125-page judgment that municipal laws that …

Brazil: Conflito de Competência Nº 164.544 – MG (2019/0079952-0)

Conflito de Competência Nº 164.544 – MG (2019/0079952-0) Unofficial English Translation Date: 2019 Tribunal: Superior Tribunal of Justice Issue: Jurisdictional Dispute Finding: Drivers’ claims belong in civil court, not labour …

Wages and Working Conditions in and out of Global Supply Chains: A Comparative Empirical Review (Brazil, China, Chile, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, etc.)

This research note discussed the theories about wages, working conditions and global supply chains. People interpret the relationship between global supply chains and working conditions in different theories. But we …

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