Why rights groups fear new ECHR declaration could weaken migrant protections

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 …

Spanish Supreme Court rules teleworker’s heart attack a workplace accident

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 …

Tesco Stores Limited v K Element & Ors Neutral Citation Number[2026] EWCA Civ 580

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 …

Tesco workers win Court of Appeal job valuation challenge

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 …

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 …

El Tribunal Supremo considera accidente de trabajo el infarto de miocardio sufrido en su domicilio por una teletrabajadora con horario laboral flexible

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 …

A proposal to make the new Fair Work Agency more effective: Closer partnerships with worker organisations

On 7 April 2026, the Fair Work Agency (FWA) officially launched as an executive agency of the Department of Business and Trade. The FWA brings together three existing enforcement bodies—the …

French ‘Anti-Fast Fashion’ Law Stalls as Brussels Objects

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 …

Dynamic pay on platforms such as Uber should be banned, says TUC

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 …

Tesco faces employment tribunal over claim it helped set the ‘market rates’ used to justify pay gap

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 …