The first issue of volume 2 of the International Labor Rights Case Law has been published


Below is an overview of the cases and commentaries in the latest journal issue (2.1):

1. ILO Committee on Freedom of Association: Complaint against the Government of the Dominican Republic presented by the National Trade Union Confederation (CNUS), Case No. 2786, Report in which the Committee Requests to be Kept Informed of Developments, 11 November 2015

2. Constitutional Tribunal of Poland: The Rules for Creating Unions, Case K1/13, 12 June 2015
Commentary: An Analysis of the Judgment of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal on the Freedom of Association
By Barbara Surdykowska, Legal Adviser, NSZZ Solidarność, Experts’ Office, Poland

3. ILO Committee on Freedom of Association: Complaint against the Government of Peru presented by the National Union of State Health Service Nurses (SINESSS), Case No. 3096, Report in which the Committee Requests to be Kept Informed of Developments, 11 November 2015

4. Supreme Court of the Netherlands: Dutch Supreme Court 19 June 2015, ECLI:NL:HR:2015:1687, JAR 2015/188 (FNV c.s./Amsta)
Commentary: Strike Law Reform in the Netherlands
By Arnold Keizer, Attorney, Allen & Overy LLP, Amsterdam, the Netherlands & Rosemarieke Uitdewilligen, LLM Student, VU Universi Amsterdam, the Netherlands

5. Labour Appeal Court of South Africa: PUTCO Proprietary Limited v Transport and Allied Workers Union of South Africa and Another, JA106/13, ZALAC 14, 5 May 2015
Commentary: The Legality of Locking out Nonstriking Employees: The Perspective of the South African Labour Appeal Court
By Bradley Workman-Davies, Director, Werksmans Inc. South Africa, & Kerry Badal, Associate, Werksmans Inc., South Africa

6. European Court of Human Rights: Chitos v Greece, Application No. 51637/12, 19 October 2015
Commentary: Reimbursement Conditions for Military Service Education Could Result in Forced Labor
By Beryl ter Haar, Lecturer, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

7. United Kingdom Employment Tribunal: Tirkey v Chandhok & Anor, UKET 3400174/2013, 17 September 2015
Commentary: Is Caste Discrimination in the UK Prohibited by the Equality Act 2010?
By Annapurna Waughray, Reader in Human Rights Law, Manchester Law School, United Kingdom

8. Supreme Court of the United States: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., No. 14–86, 1 June 2015
Commentary: Managing Legal Conflicts When Business Dress Codes and Religious Dress Codes Clash
By Michael Sheehan, Global Co-Chair and Head of Americas, Employment, DLA Piper LLP, United States of America

9. Federal Constitutional Court of Germany [Bundesverfassungsgericht] – 1 BvR 471/10 – 1 BvR 1181/10 (,,Headscarf”), 27 January 2015
Commentary: The Constitutionality of State Neutrality Acts in Germany and Implication for the Wearing of Muslim Headscarves
By Achim Seifert, Professor of Law, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany

10. European Court of Justice: Federación de Servicios Privados del sindicato Comisiones obreras v Tyco Integrated Security SL, Tyco Integrated Fire & Security Corporation Servicios SA, 10 September 2015
Commentary: Travel Time for Mobile Workers Constitutes Working Time
By Mirjam de Blécourt, Partner (Employment), Baker & McKenzie, the Netherlands & Malou Schoevaars, Associate (Employment), Baker & McKenzie, the Netherlands