Union Rights

Spain’s data protection authority (AEPD) has ruled that the national Chamber of Commerce unlawfully sold the personal data of millions of freelancers to private companies for commercial purposes. The decision follows a complaint filed in 2022 by the digital rights organisation Xnet , supported by academic researchers. The investigation revealed that the Chamber facilitated access to mandatory registration data—including names, home addresses, and ID numbers—through its own company and via third-party firms such as Informa D&B and Iberinform. The AEPD concluded that this violated national and

The OGBL-LCGB trade union front has confirmed a national demonstration on 28 June, following Prime Minister Luc Frieden’s State of the Nation address on 13 May. The unions sharply criticised the address for ignoring mounting social concerns and reaffirming a government line hostile to workers’ rights. Despite repeated efforts to restore social dialogue, the Prime Minister dismissed union positions and echoed employer rhetoric, stating that dialogue does not mean co-decision. The unions warned that this departs from the tradition of compromise that underpins Luxembourg’s social model. The

A recent ruling by Denmark’s Supreme Court has confirmed that workers injured while working from home are entitled to the same protection as those injured in the workplace. The judgment followed a case supported by trade union HK , involving a member who fell at home in December 2020 and suffered a serious shoulder injury while returning to her desk from a coffee break. Authorities initially rejected the case, arguing the fall was due to a private object in the home. However, the Court ruled unanimously that making coffee is a natural extension of work activity and that the injury qualified as

Trade unions in Estonia are calling on the government to withdraw proposed amendments to the Employment Contracts Act and to restore meaningful tripartite negotiations at national level. The Trade Union of State and Local Government Institutions Employees (ROTAL) and the Estonian Energy Workers’ Trade Union Federation (EEAÜL) warn that the government is retreating from core elements of social dialogue and undermining collective bargaining structures. One of the unions' main concerns is the government’s decision to downgrade tripartite negotiations. National-level dialogue between the

SAK, Akava and STTK have strongly opposed a government proposal to expand the legal definition of emergency work to apply during strikes. Emergency work is intended for unforeseen and urgent situations, such as natural disasters or accidents, where human life or health is at immediate risk. It allows employers to assign necessary work without prior agreement—but only in truly exceptional cases. The new proposal would allow this mechanism to be used during industrial disputes, effectively enabling employers to impose minimum service requirements during strikes. Unions argue this bypasses the