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UK: “British union renewal: does salvation really lie beyond the workplace

The authors explore the potential to recruit migrant workers by offering individual union services outside the workplace. This has been a successful recruitment innovation, but has some limitations to which …

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“UK government to ban restaurant owners from taking share of tips”

[Direct Quote of Online Abstract (in front of paywall): “Trade unions have experienced significant turbulence over the past three decades. In the UK and Ireland, a key change has been …

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UK: University and College Union v The University of Stirling (Scotland) (Rev 1) [2015] UKSC 26

The United Kingdom (“U.K.”) Supreme Court found that an employer that wants to “dismiss as redundant” twenty (20) or more employees at one establishment within a period of ninety (90) …

Transparency in Supply Chains etc.: A Practical Guide

Sets forth the Home Office’s prioritization of supply chain transparency as a threshold step towards mitigating the abusive human labor practices that plague its supply chains; the Guide states that …

Modern Slavery Act (UK)

UK Legislation: The Modern Slavery Act will give law enforcement the tools to fight modern slavery, ensure perpetrators can receive suitably severe punishments for these appalling crimes and enhance support …

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Working in the UK without a Default Retirement Age: Health, Safety, and the Oldest Workers

With the abolition in the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) of the Default Retirement Age in the Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age Provisions) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/1069), this article reviews various …

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Article from the Editor: “Embarrassment: The New Union-Organizing Tool”

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mare.30011 From the author: “In recent years, unions and other third parties have heavily used public embarrassment as a means of organizing employees. The key to conventional union organizing is …

Union nationale des travailleurs des transports ferroviaires, maritimes et des transports c. Royaume-Uni

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Effets des regroupements d'entreprises sur les contrats de travail au Nigéria

Cet article examine la situation critique des employés en ce qui concerne les regroupements d'entreprises et le changement de propriétaire au Nigeria. L'article fait une analyse comparative des lois du Royaume-Uni et de la France, avec…

Untied Kingdom: Eweida v United Kingdom, 2013 

This case concerns wearing religious jewelry at the workplace.  Here, a woman wore a cross to her job for British Airways against the employer’s rules.  The Court held that there …

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