A group of Uber drivers from the UK are to take international legal action demanding access to their data held by the ride-hailing company. The group of UK Uber drivers …
High court backs negligence claim of Bangladeshi ship-breaker’s widow
A widow whose husband fell eight storeys to his death while breaking up a supertanker in Bangladesh can pursue a negligence claim against Maran (UK), a British company involved in the ship’s …
High Court grants IWGB permission to challenge gig economy health and safety legislation
The High Court has granted permission to the IWGB to proceed with a judicial review that could extend health and safety rights to hundreds of thousands of so-called ‘gig economy’ …
Workers seeking redress face delays as tribunal backlog grows
Workers treated unfairly by their employer face waiting up to two years for legal redress, because a backlog of cases in the employment tribunal system has become much worse during …
As usinas asiáticas de Primark, Mango e Zara licenciam-leles empregam syndiqués?
“Plusieurs internationales, parmi lesquelles Primark, Mango, Zara et le groupe Best-seller atuam como consultores em escolas de licenciamento maciços de travailleurs syndiqués dans leurs chaînes d'approvisionnement respectives. Les défenseurs des droits des travailleurs…
BA 'ameaça de demissão' prejudica negociações, diz sindicato de pilotos Balpa
O sindicato dos pilotos, Balpa, acusou a British Airways de prejudicar as negociações sobre a perda proposta de empregos, ameaçando demitir e recontratar seus membros sob novos contratos. A companhia aérea propõe…
Motoristas da IWGB e Uber processam o governo do Reino Unido por não proteger milhões de trabalhadores precários
Os motoristas da IWGB e Uber processam o governo do Reino Unido por sua falha em proteger milhões de trabalhadores precários Os esquemas de apoio à renda do governo discriminam os trabalhadores de membros (b), incluindo aqueles da “economia de gig”,…
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Uber v Heller and the Prospects for a Transnational Judicial Dialogue on the Gig Economy – II
“In the coming days, labour lawyers from around the world will be tuning in to watch the arguments in Uber v Aslam. In terms of the wider ramifications of the reasoning …