EU strikes deal to weaken corporate sustainability laws

The European Union reached a deal on Tuesday to scale back its corporate sustainability laws, after months of pressure from companies and governments including the United States and Qatar. The …

The Inconsistent Approach to Violence Against Women by the European Court of Human Rights

In two recent judgments involving similar fact patterns, the European Court of Human Rights reached opposing conclusions as to whether there had been a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights: B.A. …

Was indische Lieferkuriere in Berlin erleben – und wie sie sich wehren

Irgendwann wollte Dheeraj Tyagi das alles nicht mehr hinnehmen: Löhne von teils 7 Euro die Stunde, willkürliche Abzüge vom Lohn und ein Arbeitsvertrag, an den sich nicht gehalten wird. Das …

EU lawmakers back further weakening of contentious sustainability laws

Far-right parties joined forces with the centre-right in the European Parliament on Thursday to back further cuts to the bloc’s corporate sustainability laws, after months of pressure from companies and …

Case C‑19/23 – action for annulment under Article 263 TFEU, brought on 18 January 2023,

By its application, the Kingdom of Denmark seeks, primarily, annulment of Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in …

EU top court rejects Denmark’s bid to annul bloc-wide rules to set minimum wage

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Tuesday that an EU directive aiming to establish an “adequate” minimum wage in all 27 member states is valid, after Denmark tried …

Europe Is Regulating AI Hiring. Why Isn’t America?

In 2018, Amazon unveiled a groundbreaking AI hiring tool. But what began as a promise to revolutionize how the company identified talent devolved into an algorithm that “did not like women.” …

Why Daimler Truck ruling rewrites the rules on equal pay comparisons

A recent landmark German ruling has re-emphasised the principle of equal pay for equal work, holding that a woman who claims pay discrimination is entitled to reference the salary of …

Employment Rights Bill enters ‘ping pong’ stage as government is defeated in the Lords

Labour’s employment rights legislation has suffered a series of defeats in the House of Lords, meaning that it will now go back to the House of Commons in a process …

Irish firms must prepare for greater pay gap reporting obligations

Ireland’s smaller employers have until the end of November to comply with new gender pay gap reporting rules which came into effect in May 2025. The government’s amendment to the …