On 11 March 2024, the European co-legislators approved a Directive on improving working conditions in platform work—the ‘Platform Work Directive’ (PWD).[1] It targets two challenges in digital labour…
Comment on CJEU judgment of December 19, 2024 – Case C-531/23 Loredas ECLI:EU:C:2024:1050
In many jurisdictions, domestic workers are still excluded from key areas of labour and social security law.…
This blogpost looks closer at the Working Time Directive (2003/88) and the possibility under Article 22 to opt-out of the maximum weekly working time of 48 hours. Denmark recently introduced this opt…
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Introduction
On 25 July 2024, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) entered into force, marking a new era of corporate accountability for companies’ negative impacts on human…
A burning post-war question that has been a source of much debate within trade union organisations is that of ‘Europe,’ which, through ‘deepening’ and ‘widening’, has changed in form and content…
General Overview of European Court of Human Rights Interpretation on Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Industrial conflicts and industrial actions have long and significant…
Introduction
The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the labour market is fuelling a global debate about its potential to revolutionize recruitment processes, including in the public sector.…
1. Introduction
Trade between the United States and Mexico has surged dramatically in recent decades. As reported by The New York Times in February 2024, the U.S. now imports more goods from…
How will the right to disconnect work?
The French Disconnection
France’s ‘right to disconnect’ was a pioneering attempt to engage with workers’ health and safety in response to the extension of…
