Poor working conditions are causing almost 3 million deaths per year – How is that possible?
An estimated 3 million people die globally per year due to concomitant diseases or workplace accidents. When thinking about such events, the first thing...
Portugal: Bosses no longer allowed to contact workers outside working hours
The Portuguese parliament is set to pass a new labor law that will significantly improve working conditions for telework. Bosses must, for example, compensate...
Icelandic explorer Haraldsson: “We should have a goal of 30 workhours per week as a society”
The world's largest nationwide attempt to reduce working hours has made international headlines – that’s how positive the results in Iceland were. The study...
“Mafia-like” meat industry: Germany a hotbed for contract worker exploitation
Germany's meat industry pursued a very successful wage dumping strategy. An almost "mafia-like" system of labour procurement was based on cheap labour from Eastern...
4-day week in Iceland: Almost 9 out of 10 Icelanders are entitled to work shorter hours
Iceland has undertaken the largest trial of a 4-day-week, globally. It has been such an outstanding success that 86 percent of Iceland’s employees have...
