European Labour Law Conference – Enforcing workers’ rights in Europe through strategic litigation – 20 October 2023, Frankfurt

In-person only, House of Labour, Frankfurt am Main Eschersheimer Landstraße 155/157Interpretation: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish This event will explore the interpretative and creative potential of strategic litigation to reinforce the position of (vulnerable) workers in the EU. Trade unionists, lawyers and labour law scholars will present and discuss practical examples of successful proceedings before … Read more

Labour Law Judgements from Poland

1. The employee’s lie regarding stay abroad during Pandemia justifies disciplinary dismissal – judgment of the District Court in Olsztyn of 29.01.2021. : IV PA 79/20 The judgment of the District Court in Olsztyn is a precedent, because it decides whether the employer has the right to dismiss an employee who has concealed information about … Read more

ELW Newsletter 01-2022

Newsletter 01 – 2022 (Working time, Crowd working, social dumping) National legislation Spanish Labour Law Reform Spanish Government introduced through Royal Law Decree No. 32/2021 of 28 December – confirmed by the Parliament in early February 2022 – a wide labour law reform. The “pro-labour” inspiration of the whole reform has implications also in the … Read more

EU COMPANY LAW, ARTIFICIAL CORPORATE ENTITIES AND SOCIAL POLICY

Letterbox companies are an increasing phenomenon of major concern for the European trade union movement. Such artificial business constructions allow for their domiciliation in a tax friendly country, while performing commercial activities in other countries. The main objective is to minimize tax liability. Not only do letterbox companies represent a real danger to public finances, … Read more

Re-Thinking Labour Law in the Digitalisation Era

Register now: European conference organized by ETUI, ELW and ETUC, with the support of ELDH 15 and 16 October 2020 Conference organised by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), the European Lawyers for Workers (ELW) Network and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), with the support of the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and … Read more

“FairTube”: IG Metall and Youtubers Union launch joint initiative

Frankfurt am Main, 22. July 2019 Effort aims to improve fairness and transparency for video creators working on online platforms IG Metall, the largest trade union in Europe, and the Youtubers Union, an association of online video creators, announced today a joint initiative to improve the working conditions of YouTubers who earn income, or aim … Read more