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Yasmine Janssens (KU Leuven, Institute for Labour Law)

The right to strike under ILO Convention No. 87: the curtain falls with the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice

July 14, 2026

IntroductionOn 21 May 2026 the curtain finally fell on a long-standing point of contention that had not only held the International Labour Organisation, but the entire international (labour) legal…

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Maria Giovannone (Università degli Studi Roma Tre (Italy)), Fabiola Lamberti (Roma Tre University )

Prevention and Remedial Strategies to Tackle Violence and Harassment at Work: An Intersectional Perspective

July 7, 2026

1. IntroductionManagement of gender mainstreaming has become increasingly important for the fulfilment of the employer’s Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) obligations, as well as a cornerstone…

David Mangan (Maynooth University (Ireland)), Frank Hendrickx (Institute for Labour Law – KU Leuven (Belgium)), Elena Gramano (Bocconi University, Italy), Marta Otto (University of Warsaw)

Crossroads of Labour Law and Data Protection

June 2, 2026

Is there privacy at work in the 21st century? If there is, where is it?These and other questions were debated on March 20, 2026 at the Department of Legal Studies of Bocconi University that hosted a…

Barbara Surdykowska (NSZZ Solidarność)

Poland’s Labour Inspector Reform: More Power, Less Clarity

May 7, 2026

Fighting labour market dualisation without clarifying who an employee is.At the beginning of April 2026, the President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki signed an amendment strengthening the powersof the…

Miriam Kullmann (Utrecht University)

The Regulation of Wages and the Rule of Law

April 15, 2026

The Problem of Wage SettingOne morning not long ago, the trains stood still. Platforms were silent, commuters waited, and the country paused. The reason: railway workers on strike demanded a wage …

Aria Huys (Institute for Labour Law – KU Leuven (Belgium))

(Beyond) cosmetic compliance? HRDD litigation and the Yves Rocher case under the French Duty of Vigilance Law

March 30, 2026

I.IntroductionIn March 2022, the Turkish trade union Petrol-İş, representing former employees of a Turkish cosmetics company, together with human rights action groups Sherpa and ActionAid France,…

Christina Hiessl (Institute for Labour Law – KU Leuven (Belgium))

Exploring EU Labour Law Article by Article

January 28, 2026

Even at a time where deregulation approaches dominate EU-level policy discussions, EU labour law is alive and kicking. The Pillar of Social Rights, proclaimed almost a decade ago, has accelerated the…