Silvia Rainone, PhD Candidate in European Labour Law, Tilburg Law School November 2018 Download the Contribution On the 17th November 2017 the European Pillar of Social Right (EPSR) was officially adopted through an interinstitutional proclamation. Is this first birthday of the Pillar something to be celebrated? In other words, has the proclamation of the Pillar provided the … Read more
The collective bargaining contract between UNI’s Danish affiliate 3F and Hilfr is unprecedented insofar as it treats self-employed contractors as workers. The 12 month pilot agreement came into effect on 1 August 2018. There are around 450 workers on Hilfr.dk, a website platform providing cleaning services for around 1,700 customers across Denmark. Key points of … Read more
Michał Szypniewski, Junior Researcher at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Gdańsk; lawyer at Rycak Labour Law Office in Warsaw November 2018 Download the Contribution Posted workers play a crucial role in the development of the internal market of services. It hardly needs to be stressed that posting of workers is an example of a … Read more
Mr. Samiha Said, Lecturer and PhD Candidate in Labour Law at Tilburg Law School. November 2018 Download the Contribution On the 23rd of July 2018, the first Dutch Deliveroo-case was published. The Dutch district court ruled that Deliveroo-rider Sytze Ferwerda is a self-employed worker, and not an employee. Legal framework: the employee and the self-employed worker … Read more
Federico Micheli, Ph.D. candidate in Labour Law, University of Brescia, Attorney at Law November 2018 Download the Contribution Last July, the Italian Court of Cassation requested a preliminary ruling to the ECJ on the application of the Directive 2000/78/CE for a case of discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation and access to work. Since the … Read more
Matteo Avogaro, Ph.D. candidate in Labour Law, University of Milan. November 2018 Download the Contribution Italy is one of the main European countries that assisted, in last decade, to a fast deterioration of journalists’ working conditions. With reference to above, 2009 was the year in which the number of reporters ascribable to the field of autonomous … Read more
Giulia Frosecchi, Ph.D. candidate in Labour Law, University of Trento. November 2018 Download the Contribution The Bekaert bubble exploded on 22nd June 2013, in the – less and less – industrial district of Figline Valdarno, a small town in the Florence province (Italy). On that day, 318 employees, most of which breadwinners of families with … Read more
Gionata Cavallini, Ph.D. candidate in Labour Law, University of Milan, Attorney at Law in Milan. November 2018 Download the Contribution 1. The Foodora case. A couple of years ago, in October 2016, the German food delivery platform Foodora was at the centre of a perfect storm in Italy. After Foodora decided to change the payment scheme, shifting … Read more
Statement of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left European Parliamentary Group
Communiqué of the International Commission in Defense of the 300 prosecuted for going on strike in Spain, and for the repeal of Article 315.3 of the Penal Code, after Mr. Pedro Sánchez, President of the Spanish Government, announced to the Congress of Deputies the repeal of the art. 315.3. In defense of the 300 – … Read more