An international guide to employment law across 28 countries

This 140 page guide (updated in 2017) covers much of Europe, the Middle East/North Africa, APAC, and the Americas.  There are a few pages on every country and within each …

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OECD Case: Society for Threatened Peoples vs. Credit Suisse

NCPs involved: Switzerland NCP (lead), United States NCP COUNTRY OF OPERATIONS: United States DATE: 24 April 2017 STATUS: Pending ISSUES: The complaint alleges that Credit Suisse has breached both its …

Improving Access to Remedy in the Area of Business and Human Rights at the EU Level

European Union Agency for Human Rights paper (FRA) opinion discussing the possible avenues to lower barriers for access to remedy at the EU level in order to improve business and …

Female Labor Participation in Asia: Indonesia Country Study (2016)

This journal article by Asian Development Bank discusses the issue of wage gap between men and women in Indonesia and arrives at the conclusion, using mathematical and economical analysis, that …

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Chowdury and Others v. Greece

The applicants – 42 Bangladeshi nationals – were recruited in Athens and other parts of Greece between the end of 2012 and early 2013, without a Greek work permit, to …

LOI n° 2017-399 du 27 mars 2017 relative au devoir de vigilance des sociétés mères et des entreprises donneuses d’ordre

La loi française sur le devoir de vigilance des entreprises impose l’obligation légale d’identifier et de prévenir les impacts négatifs sur les droits de l’homme et l’environnement résultant de leurs …

Legalizing Discrimination in Europe

The article discusses the reactions and potential fallout of a European Court of Justice ruling that allows employers to ban “the visible wearing of any political, philosophical or religious sign” …

Judgements in Cases C-157/15 and C-188/15 – Press release by the Court of Justice of the European Union

The court held that “an internal rule of an undertaking which prohibits the visible wearing of any political, philosophical or religious sign does not constitute direct discrimination.”  This decision was …

CJEU, 14 March 2017, Case Nr. C 157/15, Samira Achbita, Centrum voor gelijkheid van kansen en voor racismebestrijding v. G4S Secure Solutions NV

Article 2(2)(a) of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation must be interpreted as meaning that the prohibition on wearing an …

European Court of Justice March 14, 2017, C-188/15, Bougnaoui c. Micropole SA

European Court of Justice (ECJ):  The National Court refers to the ECJ a question of interpretation of the EU law.  The National Court then applies the ECJ ruling in its …