German Federal Labour Court on platform jobs: Success for crowdworkers
Article in “Pledge Times“
Conference Report – Rethinking labour law in the digitalisation era – 15 and 16 October 2020
On 15 and 16 October 2020 a very well attended video conference with about 650 registrations was 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 Human Rights (ELDH). Simultaneous … 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
European lawyers’ declaration on May Day: Anti Covid-19 policies threaten workers’ rights
The Covid-19 pandemic policies of European governments have dramatic consequences, especially for workers, the self-employed and small businesses In many sectors of the economy, workers are most at risk to their health, especially in the health and care sector, public transport sector, and retail trade and delivery services sector. Occupational health and safety regulations, which … Read more
Administrative Requirements and Control Measures in the Posted Workers Enforcement Directive
Article written by Sara Fekete, PhD candidate at the Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Faculty of Law (Hungary) – January 2020
“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
Freedom of association of trade unions in modern Russia: practice and challenges.
Julia Ostrovskaya is a lawyer and master of political science. PhD student, Department of theory and history of State and Law, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow). Program Director at Center for Social and Labor Rights. Center for Social and Labor Rights (CSLR) is a Russian non-profit NGO for promotion, compliance and protection … Read more
European Labour Law Conference – 15 and 16 February 2019 – Documentation
Documentation of the European Labour Law Conference New forms of labour and new structures of enterprises – challenges for labour law, 15 and 16 February 2019 Frankfurt/M., IG Metall Headquarter, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Str- 79 • Friday, 15 February 2019, 13h30 – 18h30 and • Saturday, 16 February 2019, 09h00 – 13h00 At the conference participated labour law … Read more
European Labour Law Conference – New forms of labour and new structures of enterprises – challenges for labour law
on 15 and 16 February 2019 simultaneous translation German-English-German NEW FORMS OF LABOUR AND NEW STRUCTURES OF ENTERPRISES – challenges for labour law Frankfurt/M., IG Metall Headquarter, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Str- 79 download programme in English/ Programm auf deutsch als PDF-Datei herunterladen ***** Description of the Conference Following conferences in Brussels, … Read more