A political declaration aimed at clarifying key aspects of the European convention on human rights was published on Friday, agreed by all 46 member states of the Council of Europe. Critics …
A political declaration aimed at clarifying key aspects of the European convention on human rights was published on Friday, agreed by all 46 member states of the Council of Europe. Critics …
Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled that an employee’s fatal heart attack suffered at home during her company’s flexible hours window was a workplace accident. The employee was a senior administrative …
The Court of Appeal’s ruling means the Employment Tribunal (ET) will be able to generically assess workers’ job descriptions based on Tesco’s internal documents, rather than solely relying on thousands …
Documents used to train Tesco’s store workers and warehouse operators can be used to generically assess both roles’ values, the Court of Appeal has ruled in the sprawling equal value …
El Pleno de la Sala Social del Tribunal Supremo ha considerado accidente de trabajo el infarto de miocardio que causó la muerte de una teletrabajadora en su domicilio, dentro del …
France’s so-called “anti-fast fashion” law has hit a snag. Writing in an April 15 reaction, the European Commission said that Loi Violland—a bill designed to curb overconsumption by regulating the environmental impacts …
The practice of using “dynamic pricing” to set pay on gig economy platforms including Uber should be banned because it leaves workers at the mercy of shadowy algorithms with no certainty …
On Friday 1 May 2026 the tribunal is due to begin hearing Tesco’s defence for paying store staff less than distribution centre workers. The shop workers say Tesco cannot defend …
Who’s afraid of picket lines? The backsliding of collective labour rights is quietly reshaping European democracy
The backsliding doesn’t follow a single playbook. In Italy, transport minister Matteo Salvini has repeatedly used administrative injunctions (precettazione) to curb strikes, turning what once was an exceptional measure into a routine constraint on …