O direito à privacidade, vigilância por software e o “local de trabalho doméstico”

“É provável que um dos impactos duradouros da pandemia COVID-19 no mundo do trabalho seja o afastamento do local de trabalho tradicional. Em alguns setores, como ...

The UK’s role in the clothing industry has to change, or abuses will continue

Despite decades of undercover investigations into and analysis of the UK’s textile industry, and parliamentary reports on human rights abuses and sustainability, the latest evidence of factories in Leicester that may have been paying workers well below the …

Devida diligência obrigatória em matéria de direitos humanos: opções de monitorização, aplicação e reparação ao abrigo da futura legislação da UE

Em 2020, o Comissário da UE para a Justiça, Didier Reynders, expressou o compromisso de legislar direitos humanos obrigatórios e obrigações ambientais de devida diligência para as empresas da UE. Este compromisso, por sua vez, flui do ...

Guide on Article 11(Association and Assembly) of the European Convention on Human Rights

This Guide is part of the series of Case-Law Guides published by the European Court of Human Rights (hereafter “the Court”, “the European Court” or “the Strasbourg Court”) to inform …

MUITO POUCO, MUITO LENTO: Por que os funcionários na Geórgia, na Moldávia e na Ucrânia não se beneficiam dos acordos de associação da UE

Três países da Europa de Leste, Geórgia, Moldávia e Ucrânia assinaram um Acordo de Associação com a União Europeia e, entre outras coisas, comprometeram-se a implementar as normas laborais internacionais e da UE ...

Union takes Deliveroo to court, demanding contracts and back pay

Trade union federation FNV is taking meal delivery company Deliveroo to court for a second time, this time to demand a permanent contract for two delivery workers, and back pay. …

Sweeping labour reforms go ahead in Georgia despite opposition from business groups

Georgia’s parliament is set to pass a package of sweeping reforms to labour regulations in the country despite facing opposition from business groups. The amendments, which passed their second reading …

‘It was like jail’: Domestic workers face cycle of exploitation in lockdown London

Despite the lifting of lockdown restrictions in the United Kingdom, Rosa* still barely leaves her friend’s house, where she has been staying since March. “It’s very difficult. If another wave [comes], …

The termination prohibition extended for two months in Turkey

Within the scope of governmental measures taken for inhibiting the negative aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Presidential Degree No. 3344 extended the termination prohibition and unpaid leave until 17 March …

Statutory Interpretation and the Limits of a Human Rights Approach: Royal Mail Group Ltd v Communication Workers Union

“In the 1998 white paper Fairness at Work, the recently elected New Labour Government famously declared that when it came to trade union law there would be no going back: …

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