The Supreme Court Decision of South Korea 2016Du41071 Decided April 29, 2020

The Supreme Court decides that the “health damage of a fetus” caused to a pregnant female employee by her occupational reason is included in “occupational accidents” of an employee stipulated …

La décision Uber Eats: le banc complet australien du FWC manque l'occasion de voir à travers les sophismes de l'économie des concerts

«Le 21 avril 2020, une magistrature plénière de la Commission du travail équitable a statué qu'un chauffeur-livreur Uber Eats (Amita Gupta) ne pouvait pas intenter une action pour licenciement abusif car elle…

The Law for Gig-Workers in India

The article analyses the consequences faced by Gig-workers in India with regard to financial volatility and lack of labor protections. With regard to the applicability of respective legislations, the article …

Thoughts on the Foodora Fiasco: Have Labour Laws Been Violated?

“There’s a familiar pattern emerging.  Foodora announces its entry into a new country with a flourish, runs into legal problems that question its sketchy business model, and then shuts down claiming …

India: Factory Workers Can Now Legally Be Asked to Work 12- Hour Shifts. How Will this Change Things?

The article analyses the April 15 notification of the Ministry of Home Affairs of India outlining the conditions under which economic activities could be restarted in non-containment zones and which …

U.S. pulls back on Thailand’s trade privileges

Thailand is set to lose duty-free access for $1.3 billion in exports to the U.S. market today, six months after Washington warned it would pull back on trade privileges unless …

Sri Lanka: la Fédération des employeurs de Ceylan (EFC) demande une dispense à court terme pour les employeurs

Voici le texte intégral de la communication de l'EFC. L'EFC demande à l'hon. Le ministre du Développement des compétences, de l'Emploi et des Relations de travail approuvera une semaine de travail plus longue, accordera…

Indonesia delays deliberations over labor issues in omnibus bill amid backlash

The government and the House of Representatives have decided to delay deliberations over labor provisions within the omnibus bill on job creation, resulting in the cancellation of an earlier plan …

Que savons-nous de l'ampleur des démissions, de leur fondement juridique et de la contestation des démissions illégales?

Au cours du dernier mois, nous nous sommes trop familiarisés avec un concept très ancien du droit du travail: les démissions. Les restrictions gouvernementales visant à contenir le COVID-19 ont eu un impact économique dévastateur, conduisant…

UK: Lawyers & Uyghur human rights group request suspension of unlawful importation of forced labour goods from China

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) and the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) submitted extensive evidence to the UK’s customs authorities and requested the suspension of cotton goods produced with forced …

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