France: Cour de Cassation Ruling n°374 – Uber Driver is an ’employee’

The French Court of Cassation ordered the contractual relationship between the Uber company and a driver to be reclassified as an employment contract. The court found that when connecting to …

Los principales acuerdos judiciales franceses soplan a Uber al otorgar el estatus de 'empleado' del conductor

PARÍS (Reuters) - El tribunal superior de Francia ha reconocido el derecho de un conductor de Uber a ser considerado un empleado, un fallo que podría alterar el modelo de negocios de la firma estadounidense y potencialmente ...

Debida diligencia: ¿Francia realmente ha sentado las bases para poner fin a la impunidad corporativa?

El 24 de octubre de 2013, el desastre de Rana Plaza en Dhaka, la capital de Bangladesh, provocó una gran protesta. Más de mil personas murieron cuando el edificio, que albergaba fábricas de ropa, ...

Total abuses in Uganda: French High Court of Justice declares itself incompetent in favour of the Commercial Court

The Nanterre High Court has handed down its decision on the summary proceedings brought by Friends of the Earth France, Survie and four Ugandan associations (AFIEGO, CRED, NAPE/Friends of the …

Las ONG francesas y las autoridades locales emprenden acciones judiciales contra Total

Los grupos afirman que el gigante petrolero no ha hecho lo suficiente para enfrentar el cambio climático. Una alianza de 14 autoridades locales francesas y varias ONG tomarán medidas judiciales sin precedentes este ...

Evaluation de la mise en œuvre de la loi n° 2017-399 du 27 mars 2017 relative au devoir de vigilance des sociétés mères et des entreprises donneuses d’ordre

SYNTHESE Le drame du Rana Plaza au Bangladesh le 24 avril 2013 a déclenché une réaction mondiale. Même si la prise en compte des enjeux sociaux, environnementaux et sociétaux par …

3 French Executives Convicted in Suicides of 35 Workers

The employees at France Télécom killed themselves in the mid-2000s after management sought to reduce the work force through a policy of harassment, a court found. The former chief executive …

Two Years In: Has the Duty of Vigilance Law led to more Meaningful Disclosure?

Key Findings While reporting remains relatively immature, it appears that the requirements of the Duty of Vigilance Law have pushed companies to improve their reporting. In certain areas, such as …

NGOs file suit against Total over Uganda oil project

Six NGOs said Wednesday that they had filed a lawsuit against the French energy giant Total over an oil field project in Uganda, accusing it of failing to avert “disastrous …

France: Article on Discrimination in the workplace in the publication Courrier Cadre

More than one-fourth of French employees have been either a victim or a witness of sexism (30%) and racism (28%) in the workplace according to a study conducted by Glassdoor …

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