Germany – Country Report on Non-discrimination (2018)

This report by the European Commission provides a wide range of topics on discrimination, including employment, in Germany. In Chapter 12, Latest Developments, the report provides for important case laws …

Italy: Il Centro Studi Diritti & Lavoro Monthly Newsletters 2018

The Il Centro Studi Diritti & Lavoro is a legal research initiative in Italy founded by Fabio Rusconi and Andrea Danilo Conte. This is the compilation of the Italian language monthly newsletters from …

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Mongolia: Infringement of labour rights: sexual harassment in the workplace (Law Review No.3, 2018 (pp.119-127))

The article addresses employment discrimination based on gender and workplace harassment regulations in Mongolia as a basic human rights violation. It discusses the need that sexual harassment in the workplace …

Fair Working Conditions for Platform Workers Possible Regulatory Approaches at the EU Level

The study explores different possible regulatory approaches at the EU level to ensure fair working conditions in the platform economy. As platform work is often performed cross-border with at least …

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“Trade unions and migrant workers: New contexts and challenges in Europe” in Chapter 11, “Trade unions and migrant workers in the UK: Organising in a cold climate”

[This book “analyses the relationship between trade unions, immigration and migrant workers across eleven European countries in the period between the 1990s and 2015.”] [Quoted from ILO book sales page: …

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The service provided by Uber connecting individuals with non-professional drivers is covered by services in the field of transport

The decision reached by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the status of Uber and Uber’s drivers. The ECJ found that Uber should be considered as a taxi company, …

Asociación Profesional Élite Taxi v Uber Systems Spain SL

The ECJ was called to determine the extent to which Uber acts as an intermediary between drivers and passengers. An intermediation service which enables the transfer of information concerning the …

“Indirect Discrimination, Justification and Proportionality: Are UK Claimants at a Disadvantage?”

In this article, the authors discuss how both the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) approach the standard of scrutiny for the …

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 The Evolution of EU Primary Law and the Court of Justice’s Interpretation of Workers’ Rights – Focus on Workers’ rights relating to business restructurings

Working Paper, please do not cite without permission of the author. Description: The Court of Justice has in multiple instances followed arguments that resulted in business-oriented prerogatives prevailing over workers’ …

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UK: “Work in Britain’s Informal Economy: Learning from Road-Side Hand Car Washes”

This article examines the phenomenon of a rapid increase in hand car washes in the UK. In this context, the authors ask what this increase tells us about “informalization of …

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