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@spanghero @stavvers

You're not wrong of course; all life is anarchy and it is up to us all collectively to agree to an order.

The powers that be in the UK haven't forgotten about strike provisions being a compromise... they're working to erode them when they can!

Under the last government, rules were changed so that a healthcare worker down to work on a day their union has declared it will strike, if that worker's name is against a line of the work-roster that is declared necessary for minimum "safe" staffing, and that worker has been informed of that fact in advance of the strike, can be fired if they go on strike.

This is the gratitude with which healthcare workers are repaid after covid.

#UK #IndustrialAction #Law #Government #Covid #Strike #Doctors #Nurses #HealthcareWorkers #AlliedHealthProfessionals #Hospital #Management #LabourLaw #Conservatives #Labour #Covid #Covid19 #SarsCoV2

Could someone kindly explain what the advantage is, from the employer's perspective, of locking out workers who have given notice of an imminent strike? Or, from the union's perspective, why this is a problem and worth complaining about? I understand that in general, a lockout is a way to put pressure on the labour force by denying them the opportunity to earn, but in such a case, the workers already announced their intention to forgo that opportunity.

For example, here's an airline doing this: https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/news/2023/the-westjet-group-issues-lockout-notice-in-response-to-alpa-s-st

And here's a port authority doing it (and then rescinding the lockout when the strike was disallowed by the regulator) :
https://www.portvancouver.com/about-us/information-updates/port-of-vancouver-operations-update-58/

#labour #labor #law #labourlaw #laborlaw

"But even before the law on the six-day work week comes into force on July 1, Greek workers work longer hours than any other workforce in Europe. With an average 41 hours per week, they work more than all other EU citizens, according to the EU's statistics agency, Eurostat. What's more, the pay they get for these long hours is low by European standards."

DW (English): Greece introduces the six-day work week
https://www.dw.com/en/greece-introduces-the-six-day-work-week/a-69439050

#greece #eurostat #LabourLaw #WorkerRights

The House of Lords has amended the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill to remove the important proposed provisions relating to harassment at work by third parties as well as watering down preventative duties on employers https://www.ier.org.uk/news/house-of-lords-amends-worker-protection-amendment-of-equality-act-2010-bill/

#WorkersRights #EmploymentLaw #LabourLaw #Harassment #HumanRights

‘Minimum service levels are unacceptable in the UK given the highly restrictive anti-strike laws already in place’, and should not be imposed on any sector - @The_TUC Submission on Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023, to the ILO CEACR https://www.tuc.org.uk/research-analysis/reports/tuc-submission-ceacr

#WorkersRights #EmploymentLaw #LabourLaw #ILO #TradeUnions #IndustrialAction #HumanRights

#EU #AI #GenerativeAI #AIAct #LabourLaw #TradeUnions: "The EU's emerging AI act contains so little on workers' rights that Europe will need a separate AI-labour law, trade unions say.

Last Wednesday (14 June), the European Parliament adopted its position on the Artificial Intelligence Act — a game-changing set of rules for AI-based products and services.

MEPs inched further on labour rights than the original European Commission proposal.

But in the race to legislate potentially disruptive technologies, EU institutions are still largely overlooking the workers affected by incoming AI systems, unionists say.

AI is changing workers' lives in many ways."

https://euobserver.com/digital/157163

@AmberHieb this seems like a pretty good thing. #LabourLaw #BCPoli #PayEquity

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Yet another reason to oppose the Anti Strike Bill - feminist campaign groups and the TUC say it will disproportionately affect women’s rights since the minimum service levels and restrictions will apply in sectors with a predominantly female workforce including health and education https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/21/anti-strike-bill-discriminates-against-women-say-campaigners

#AntiStrikeBill #EmploymentLaw #LabourLaw #WomensRights #WorkersRights #Strikes #IndustrialAction

Making #labour #law fit for all those who labour

Last Thursday, the Court of Justice of the #EU reached the conclusion that self-employed workers such as JK were indeed covered by EU anti-discrimination legislation.

The question whether the conditions for access to such an activity fall within Article 3(1)(a) of #Directive 2000/78 does not depend on the classification of that activity as ‘employment’ or ‘self-employment’.

The concept of ‘personal work’ has been developed precisely to extend the personal scope of application of employment and equality law beyond the narrow definition of the contract of employment—something ever more urgent given the increasing recourse to non-standard forms of #employment and (bogus) self-employment.

https://www.socialeurope.eu/making-labour-law-fit-for-all-those-who-labour

#labourLaw

In case anyone was still in any doubt…

The head of the International Labour Organisation has denied the org backs the UK's new proposed anti-strike laws, after UK ministers repeatedly suggested the ILO supported government plans to enforce "minimum service levels" during public sector strikes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/64313013

#Strikes #IndustrialAction #LabourLaw #ILO #HumanRights #WorkersRights

Analysis by Ioannis Katsaroumpas of why the govt's claim that its Strikes (Minimum Service) Bill complies with ILO standards is wide off the mark.

This includes the determination of the minimum service regime being imposed by the govt and employers, instead of the consensual approach expected by ILO standards, and the cumulative effect of restrictions on industrial action.

https://uklabourlawblog.com/2023/01/18/the-strikes-minimum-service-bill-a-blatant-violation-of-international-labour-standards-by-ioannis-katsaroumpas/

#Strikes #IndustrialAction #WorkersRights #LabourLaw #EmploymentLaw #ILO #HumanRights

The Court of Justice of the EU has ruled that EU anti-discrimination legislation applies to to all those who perform 'personal work' for another party, regardless of contract type, including self-employed workers - analysis by
Nicola Countouris, Mark Freedland and @valeriodestefano https://www.socialeurope.eu/making-labour-law-fit-for-all-those-who-labour

#EmploymentLaw #LabourLaw
#Discrimination #WorkersRights #EULaw

Pablo Sánchez Centellas, a spokesperson for the European Federation of Public Service Unions, has eloquently described the UK govt’s claim that its latest anti-strike bill is similar to laws on in mainland Europe as “bollocks”

As he and other European trade unionists point out, other countries have much greater protection for the right to strike, compared to the UK’s restrictive position https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/minimum-service-law-grant-shapps-europe/

#Strikes #IndustrialAction #EmploymentLaw #LabourLaw #HumanRights #WorkersRights

Ireland to ratify the International Labour Organisation Convention on Violence and Harassment (C190)

#ireland #ILO190 #womensrights #labourlaw #goodnews

https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/news-and-events/department-news/2022/december/20221212.html

Global News BC: B.C. tribunal orders woman to pay $2,600 after software shows ‘time theft’ https://globalnews.ca/news/9407378/b-c-tribunal-orders-woman-to-pay-2600-after-software-shows-time-theft/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #CivilResolutionTribunal #BritishColumbia #EmploymentLaw #Employment #LabourLaw #Tribunal #Justice #Labour #News #CRT

English version #OutNow:

Prof. Waas on #LabourLaw and #AI

#dicrimination #democracy at #work #algorithms #AIAct

#opensource on our homepage!
https://www.hugo-sinzheimer-institut.de/faust-detail.htm?sync_id=HBS-008498

The govt has ‘put to one side’ plans for a single labour enforcement body announced in June 2021, which would have had power to enforce laws and impose significant fines for breaches. This leaves the current weak and fragmented enforcement landscape in place. Yet they’ve found time for repeated measures against industrial action https://www.ier.org.uk/news/government-stalls-proposed-workers-rights-watchdog/

#WorkersRights #Enforcement #LabourLaw

#LabourLaw tools have kept abreast of the ‘human-in-command’ function in an integrationist sense due to the alliance with fields such as data protection & equality law. An inventive blend of old and modern counterpowers can play a crucial role amid the algorithmic turbulences.

@AbandonedAmerica @JenWojcik #StrikeAction is like #FreeSpeech and essential to #equality #democracy if no other #Mediation means prove successful. Plus it usually works because it affects all pocketbooks. Not sure I've read of any strike or #employment protest action that didn't have a good reason... #Labour #LabourLaw #Unions