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UK government urged to ban import of Chinese cotton ‘made using Uighur Muslim forced labour’

“The UK government has been urged to ban the import of cotton sourced from the Chinese province of Xinjiang, a region where Uighur Muslims are being put to work in factories in …

Yodel Delivery C-692/19

Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time must be interpreted as precluding a person engaged …

SITUATION IN ALBANIA DURING COVID-19

“On March 11 the Minister of Health and Social Protection declared the state of epidemic. On March 15 the Council of Ministers approved Normative Act. No. 3 “On taking special …

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ETUC Briefing Note: COVID-19 & Trade Union Rights

“Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, a wide range of exceptional measures both at EU level and at national level have been taken and/or were/are in preparation and which touch upon …

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ETUC Briefing: COVID-19 Occupational Health and Safety

This briefing note focuses on the problems related to health and safety of workers due to the COVID-19 outbreak, such as lack of Personal Protective Equipment for essential workers, derogation …

(EU) A Worker is a Worker: How to Ensure that Undocumented Migrant Workers Can Access Justice

This report therefore explores judicial and statebased1 non-judicial labour complaints and redress mechanisms that are in place in 15 EU member states, and what happens or would happen when undocumented …

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ETUC Briefing Note: Human Rights & COVID-19

This briefing note by the ETUC focuses on the human rights and workers’ rights impacts from the laws, policies, and measures that countries are taking, in particular by ‘declaring states …

Furloughing and Fundamental Rights: The Case of Paid Annual Leave

As the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme takes shape over the coming weeks, its interaction with a host of existing employment rights will need to be clarified as a matter of …

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ETUC Briefing Note: THE SITUATION FOR FRONTIER WORKERS

This briefing note focuses on the unique challenges facing ‘frontier workers’ in the EU and what possible solutions can be taken. Frontier workers are the 1.5 million workers that are …

Italian measures to face the COVID-19 pandemic

Please click here to download information on Italy’s measures related to COVID-19: COVID-19_Italy_measures Here is information in French: ITALY – Coronavirus emergency measures