Along-awaited new draft of Poland’s National Labour Inspectorate (PIP) Act has been published and, as widely expected, introduces significant changes to the enforcement of the nation’s labour law. Chief among …
Along-awaited new draft of Poland’s National Labour Inspectorate (PIP) Act has been published and, as widely expected, introduces significant changes to the enforcement of the nation’s labour law. Chief among …
The equalities watchdog has submitted its formal guidance about how institutions should respond to the landmark supreme court ruling on transgender people’s rights, with its chair admitting it would be …
When Seamus Foley took a job on a zero-hours contract at a board games bar in London two years ago, the flexibility it offered was appealing. Now, the deal looks …
For centuries, the use of an individual’s physical or intellectual strength on behalf of another has been governed by an employment contract and highly protective legal provisions. Since 2000, however, …
German supermarket chain Lidl has signed a formal agreement with the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), vowing to strengthen its policies against sexual harassment in the workplace. The …
(article originally in Spanish) Unions say official statistics, which do not report a single death in 2024, do not capture the scale of the phenomenon. Other European countries suffer from …
Thousands of North Koreans are being sent to work in slave-like conditions in Russia to fill a huge labour shortage exacerbated by Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the BBC has …
The complaint was registered on 31 July 2025. It relates to Articles 1§§2 and 4 (the right to work), 3 (the right to safe and healthy working conditions), 11 (the …
La Poste Case: The First Decision on the Merits by the Paris Court of Appeal’s Special Chamber, a Methodological Milestone Structuring Duty of Vigilance Jurisprudence
On June 17, 2025, the Paris Court of Appeal’s Special Chamber (Chamber 5-12, dedicated to “emerging litigation”) delivered its first-ever ruling on the merits under France’s 2017 Duty of Vigilance Law (Loi …