High Court grants IWGB permission to challenge gig economy health and safety legislation

The High Court has granted permission to the IWGB to proceed with a judicial review that could extend health and safety rights to hundreds of thousands of so-called ‘gig economy’ …

Complaint submitted to Dutch Agreement about C&A

“A group of leading labour rights groups have filed a complaint to the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textiles claiming C&A has turned a blind eye to ongoing labour …

Hundreds protesting in Kyiv against new labor legislation

Representatives of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine gathered for a protest in the government neighborhood in central Kyiv on Tuesday against the adoption of new labor legislation. Several …

United Kingdom – “The Court of Justice of the European Union’s Order on B v Yodel Delivery Network

On 22 April 2020, the Eighth Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU, or the Court) made a reasoned order in response to a request for …

The pandemic has returned migrant workers to Ukraine. Will they stay?

“Ukrainian labour keeps several European economies afloat. But after migrants returned home during the COVID-19 pandemic, Kyiv is now reluctant to let them depart again. When the borders open, I’ll …

Holding The Powerful To Account (Webinar): Strategic Litigation in Europe

Leigh Day is pleased to invite you to the first of a series of webinars bringing together some of Europe’s leading legal practitioners, to discuss and share their knowledge and …

July 1, 2020

Meat plant must be held to account for Covid-19 outbreak, says German minister

The owners of Europe’s largest meat-processing plant must be held to account for a mass coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 1,500 of its workers, Germany’s labour minister has …

TASHKENT’S REFORMS HAVE NOT YET REACHED US: UNFINISHED WORK IN THE FIGHT AGAINST FORCED LABOR IN UZBEKISTAN’S 2019 COTTON HARVEST

“In just a few years, Uzbekistan has made significant, rapid progress toward the elimination of adult forced labor in the cotton harvest, following the elimination of child labor in 2014. …

Workers seeking redress face delays as tribunal backlog grows

Workers treated unfairly by their employer face waiting up to two years for legal redress, because a backlog of cases in the employment tribunal system has become much worse during …

REGIONAL CASE STUDY From Ukraine to Finland and Estonia via Poland: Migration and posting of third country nationals

“This report gives an overview of the Con3Post project1 research that analyses a new and understudied phenomenon of posting third country nationals (TCNs) in the European construction sector, with a …