She Works Hard for the Money: Tacking low pay in sectors dominated by women

“LOW PAY IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE This study provides data confirming that workers in lower-skilled health and social care assistant positions earn considerably less than the national average wage …

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Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court Revises Case Law on Fixed-Term Contracts

This article discusses about the overturn by Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court of the previous precedent of the Federal Labour Court in relation to fixed-term contracts which allowed employment contracts for …

‘Slavs only’ Discrimination exists in Russia, but it’s nearly impossible to prove in court

This article examines employment discrimination law in Russia. It explains that while the law prohibits employers to advertise jobs that specify race and ethnicity, color, sex, gender etc. but many …

Pimlico Plumbers Ltd v Smith

Un resumen útil de la tenencia de la Corte Suprema, que encontró que el fontanero en cuestión era en realidad un trabajador de Pimlico, se presenta en: Amie Tsang, Corte del Reino Unido ...

La Corte Suprema de la Federación de Rusia emitió el decreto que aclara algunas cuestiones relacionadas con los derechos de los empleados contratados por personas físicas y microempresas.

El Decreto No. 15 del 29 de mayo de 2018 aclara importantes cuestiones relacionadas con la regulación de la relación laboral con los empleadores: personas físicas (incluidas las que tienen un estatus de empresario individual) y microempresas. ...

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“The UK Government’s consultation on employment classification and control: A response”

In this response to the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) government’s 2018 consultation efforts on how to define employment status, the authors focused on one element under consideration by the U.K. government …

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ADIS study: A large-scale correspondence test on labor market discrimination in Germany – Technical Report

This project examines the labour market discrimination against second generation immigrants. It was conducted between October 2014 to April 2016. It involved an application for 7,557 job vacancies in 8 …

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Legal and punitive measures in place to tackle workplace discrimination (Singapore)

Singapore’s employment laws protect employees against wrongful dismissal on discriminatory grounds such as age, pregnancy or family responsibilities, and against discriminatory employment practices. Employees who feel that they have been …

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UK: “Migrating Industrial Relations: Migrant Workers’ Initiative Within and Outside Trade Unions”

In this article, the authors explore the experiences of low-paid Latin-American workers in London. They examine how established trade unions have sought to represent these workers, using conventional organizing strategies, …

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Uber pierde caso de la UE contra cargos penales franceses

Los tribunales de la UE han decidido que la UE no necesita ser "pre-notificada" sobre las leyes penales nacionales que se aplican a los gerentes de Uber para administrar un "servicio de taxi ilegal". Mientras que Uber ...

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