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    Issue: July 2019

     

    Labor & Employment

    Message from the Chairs

    Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the ABA International Labor and Employment Law Committee, with one eye sliding towards the beach, long hot days in the sun and balmy evenings relaxing with family and a chilled California rosé. We wanted to catch you before you go, to help you make the summer last just a little longer with a trip to London for the 6th Transatlantic Employment Conference on Tuesday, September 24.

    Articles

    Labor & Employment

    CHINA - ADR in China: Market Expansion and Implications for Workers’ Rights

    By: Xenia Dvoriantchikova, M.I.L.R, Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations

    China’s internal and outward-facing labor dynamics and institutions are rarely discussed in the media, despite the fact that its approach to workers is fundamental to its positioning as a powerful player in the geo-political sphere. This article attempts to fill that gap by examining China’s labor laws, institutions, and their connections to the larger agenda of the nation-state.

    Labor & Employment

    GERMANY - European Court of Justice: Employers Obligated to Systematically Record Working Time

    By: André Zimmermann and Marianna Karapetyan, both Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Düsseldorf/Munich, article first published at the Orrick Employment Law and Litigation Blog (reprinted here with permission of authors and original publisher).

    According to a recent decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) (May 14, 2019 – C 55/18), the Member States of the EU must oblige employers to systematically record the working time of their employees. Only this way can it be ensured and enforced that the working time rules are observed and that the intended health protection of the employees is guaranteed.

    Labor & Employment

    VIETNAM - Ratification of Convention 98 – an opportunity for institutional reform in Vietnam

    By: Tran Thi Kieu Trang, Lecturer in Labour Law, Hanoi Law University, Việt Nam

    In June 2019, Việt Nam took progressive steps in Vietnam's economic integration process in general and promising reform of labour legislation in particular by ratifying ILO Convention 98 on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining on June 14, 2019 and signing the European Vietnam Free Trade Agreement on June 30, 2019.