09 December 2021
TUAC Briefings Series on Implementing the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
In support of efforts to improve implementation of the OECD standards for responsible business conduct, the TUAC launched a series of briefings that addresses what can be done to improve the OECD Guidelines and build more respect for the NCP’s authority. With financial support from ...
27 September 2021
TUAC Working Group on MNEs addresses OECD work on RBC, foreign investment and corporate governance
Between 22 and 24 September 2021, the TUAC Working Group on Multinational Enterprises convened virtually to discuss priority initiatives on trade, investment and responsible business conduct, including the future of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, and related steps for improving ...
22 September 2021
OECD MNE Guidelines: Turkish Operated Infrastructure in Somalia Under Scrutiny
The Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU) filed a specific instance with the Turkish National Contact Point (NCP) of the OECD. The Somali union alleges industrial relations and employment impacts (Chapter V of the Guidelines) and a failure by a Turkish multinational enterprise to follow ...
23 June 2021
Trade Union Messages at the 2021 OECD Forum on Responsible Business
The 2021 OECD Forum on Responsible Business Conduct launched a public consultation on the stocktaking of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. The OECD consultation focusses on achievements, challenges and opportunities for improved implementation of the OECD Guidelines for real ...
07 May 2021
OECD Confirms support for Trade Unions in Meaningful Due Diligence
The TUAC welcomes the clarification by the Investment Committee of the OECD in response to the TUAC request to clarify the interpretation of the OECD Guidelines by the UK NCP. The OECD Investment Committee clarification confirms that meaningful grievance mechanisms and due diligence systems can ...
31 March 2021
TUAC Working Group on Multinational Enterprises addresses the OECD responsible business conduct agenda/ le groupe de travail du TUAC sur les entreprises
EN (FR CI-DESSOUS) Between 22 and 26 March 2021, the TUAC Working Group on Multinational Enterprises convened virtually over three days to discuss priority initiatives on trade, investment and responsible business conduct, including the future of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, ...
12 January 2021
Turkish Metal Workers Register Labour Relations Concerns at Systemair AB
The Turkish Metal Workers Union, BİRLESİK METAL-İŞ filed a specific instance with the Sweden National Contact Point of the OECD. The submission under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises is the latest NCP complaint to address industrial relations issues arising out of the ...
04 January 2021
Malaysian Bank Union Registers Labour Relations Concerns about HSBC
The National Union of Banking Employees (NUBE) filed a specific instance with the UK National Contact Point of the OECD. The submission under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises is the second NCP complaint to address issues arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic. The union alleges ...
14 December 2020
20 Years of the National Contact Points
The TUAC welcomes the launch of the report as part of the OECD commemorating its the 60th Anniversary, “National Contact Points Providing Access to Remedy: 20 years later and the road ahead.” Trade unions acknowledge the potential value in the NCP and take this opportunity to reflect on ...
09 December 2020
Urgent call for a public registry of company ownership (ENG & FR)
(Version française ci-dessous) The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) joins the ITUC and more than 20 global organisations calling for an urgent commitment to create a global standard for centralised, public beneficial ownership registers. The Joint Appeal is submitted to the ...
25 November 2020
TUAC Proposes Verifiable Due Diligence Policy
In support for trade unions’ call for a ‘Roadmap for fair and sustainable recovery that people can trust’, the TUAC proposed a progressive policy tool for National Contact Points to use when resolving specific instance complaints. The policy is seen as an important way for NCPs ...
03 November 2020
New OECD Recommendations on Infrastructure: Good intentions, but missing the point about public goods and social dialogue / Nouvelles recommandations de
(Version française ci-dessous) On 2 November 2020, the OECD launched its new Compendium on Infrastructure Governance. Together with the new OECD Recommendation on the Governance of infrastructure, this new instrument is intended to provide good practices to strengthen infrastructure planning, ...
