Uber Drivers Are Entitled to Worker Benefits, a British Court Rules

Uber suffered an important labor defeat in its largest European market on Friday when Britain’s Supreme Court ruled that the ride-hailing firm’s drivers must be classified as workers entitled to …

‘Deafening silence’: UK government blasted over delays to employment reforms

The government has been accused of dragging its heels on promised reforms to zero-hours contracts and the gig economy as legislation to protect workers faces serious delays. New legislation intended to …

Okpabi v Shell and Lungowe v Vedanta Dispel Three Myths

Last Friday, the Supreme Court decided Okpabi v Shell. This is the most recent of a series of cases on the duty of care that UK parent companies may owe …

UK Okpabi et al v Shell: UK Supreme Court Reaffirms Parent Companies May Owe a Duty of Care Towards Communities Impacted by their Subsidiaries in Third Countries

“The much-awaited judgment by the UK Supreme Court (SC) in Okpabi and others v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and another (Okpabi) was handed down in an online hearing on Friday 12 February 2021 some …

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Uber: London cabbies plan to sue for damages

Thousands of London taxi drivers plan to sue Uber for damages alleging the ride-hailing firm operated unlawfully. The planned group legal action could, if successful, hit Uber with a bill …

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Firms accused of putting workers’ lives at risk by bending lockdown trading rules

Analysis by the Observer shows that no enforcement notices have been served on companies by Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors for Covid safety breaches since the country went into the latest lockdown, despite …

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Pimlico Plumbers to introduce ‘no jab, no job’ work contracts

Pimlico Plumbers will introduce a “no jab, no job” policy requiring all of its workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Charlie Mullins, Pimlico’s founder and former chief executive, now chairman, …

Fin de la transición del Brexit: derechos de los trabajadores

El Reino Unido abandonó formalmente la Unión Europea el 31 de enero de 2020. Según los términos del Acuerdo de Retirada entre el Reino Unido y la UE, el Reino Unido se encuentra actualmente en un período de transición hasta el 31 ...

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OSC tiene éxito en un desafío innovador al fracaso del gobierno para extender las protecciones de H&S a los trabajadores durante la pandemia de COVID-19

En este caso pionero en los campos de la salud y la seguridad, la UE y el derecho laboral, el Tribunal Administrativo (Sr.Juez Chamberlain) ha acordado con el IWGB que el Gobierno del Reino Unido ...

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R (IWGB) v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions et al

This was an application for judicial review brought by the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) which argued that EU Directives on health and safety, which had been transposed …

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