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International Labour Law

International labour cases
ILO Declaration of Fundamental Rights of 1998
Singapore Ministerial Declaration (13 December 1996)
Procurement Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 arts 7-8, 15 and 27
Brussels I Regulation (EC) 44/2001, recital 13, arts 18-20
Rome I Regulation (EC) 593/2008, recitals 34-5, art 8
Lawson v Serco Ltd UKHL 3
Duncombe v Secretary for Children UKSC 14
Ravat v Halliburton Ltd UKSC 1
Posted Workers Directive 96/71/EC art 3
Laval Ltd v Swedish Builders Union (2008) C-319/05
The Rosella (2008) C-438/05
see Labour law
See also: International Labour Organisation, World Trade Organisation, and Private international law

Since the industrial revolution the labour movement has been concerned how economic globalisation would weaken the bargaining power of workers, as their employers could move to hire workers abroad without the protection of the labour standards at home. The International Labour Organization and the World Trade Organization have been the primary focus among international bodies to reform labour markets. Conflict of laws issues arise, determined by national courts, when people work in more than one country, and EU law has a growing body of rules regarding labour rights.

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