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Dyson settles forced labour suit in landmark UK case

75 pointsby cmseftontoday at 10:21 AM73 commentsview on HN

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n4r9today at 11:02 AM

James Dyson advocated for Brexit on the basis of supporting British industry, and shortly afterwards migrated the company HQ to Singapore.

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xiphias2today at 12:55 PM

I understand that there's a precedent here, but isn't normally the precedent for the opposite in contract law?

And if UK is precedent based, how come the previous precedents don't apply here?

I agree that no toilet breaks is cruel, but the problem here is knowing about the supplier using it?

There was not much about the legal bases in the article.

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direwolf20today at 10:56 AM

Why do employers deny their employees toilet breaks? Do they actually believe it makes the employees more productive, or are they just cruel people?

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martiuktoday at 11:08 AM

Why is Dyson being sued for actions taken by their suppliers? This is setting a bizarre precedent.

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