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 …

U.S. Workers Need Not Apply: Challenging Low-Wage Guest Worker Programs

Stanford Law & Policy Review, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2017  Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-44 The article argues that guestworker programs are harmful to all workers because …

Special protection for the working mother in the labor legislation and in the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court. A necessary but insufficient model of protection?

Title in Spanish: “La protección especial a la madre trabajadora en la legislacion laboral y en la jurisprudencia del TC ¿Un modelo de protección necesaria, pero insuficiente?” The Spanish language article …

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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. CITY OF SEATTLE

Complaint filed in federal district court seeking to overturn the Seattle Municipal Ordinance allowing drivers working in the for-hire transportation industry to elect a representative and to bargain over wages with …

Doe v. Nestle USA, Inc.

Plaintiffs were former child slaves forced to harvest cocoa in the Ivory Coast. They filed claims under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) against defendants Nestle USA, Inc., Archer Daniels Midland …

Inter-american protection of freedom of association and labor stability: The case of Lagos del Campo vs. Peru

Title in Spanish: “La protección interamericana de la libertad sindical y de la estabilidad laboral: El caso Lagos del Campo vs. Perú The case discussed in the present article is …

Sud v. Costco Wholesale Corp., 229 F. Supp. 3d 1075, 1079 (N.D. Cal. 2017)

Facts Plaintiff brought suit against Costco under the California’s Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”), Business and Professions Code sections 17200 et seq.; False Advertising Law (“FAL”), Business and Professions Code sections 17500 …

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Regulating the Human Supply Chain

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 102, 2017  Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2914424 U.S. employers’ recruitment of migrant workers from abroad has created a global “human supply chain” that is …

Canada: Naji Ben Saad v. 1544982 Ontario Inc. (2017 HRTO 1)

Ben Saad filed a claim against the employer, alleging the employer fired him as a result of his injury, disability and migrant status. The tribunal concluded that the termination was …