The National Labor Relations Board has made it easier for multiple companies to qualify as joint employers that share liability for labor law violations and legal obligations to negotiate with …
Google owes executive $1 million after losing gender bias lawsuit
A jury found Google guilty of sexual discrimination and awarded female Google Cloud executive Ulku Rowe, who filed the complaint, $1.1 million. Rowe’s lawsuit alleged that the company gave higher …
Federal Agents Investigate Sugar Exporter Over Allegations of Forced Labor
The previously undisclosed inquiry of Central Romana raises the prospect of criminal sanctions. The Americans pulling into the luxury Caribbean resort town of Juan Dolio could have easily passed as tourists. …
Qatar World Cup construction workers sue US firm for labor trafficking
Dozens of Filipino workers who helped build stadiums that hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar filed a lawsuit on Thursday claiming U.S. construction firm Jacobs Solutions Inc (J.N) subjected them …
SpaceX sued by engineer claiming underpayment of women, minorities
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been sued by a female former employee who claims the rocket and satellite company pays and promotes women and minorities less than white men. Former SpaceX …
NY Labor Law Violates Farmers’ Speech Rights, Ag Group Says
A coalition of farmers is once again suing New York State over a law that gives farm workers overtime pay and the right to unionize. They want a federal judge …
Chinese immigrant workers sue over forced labor at illegal marijuana operation on Navajo land
Chinese immigrant workers allege they were lured to northern New Mexico under false pretenses and forced to work 14 hours a day trimming marijuana on the Navajo Nation where cultivating …
Uber, DoorDash lose bid to block NYC minimum wage for delivery workers
A New York state judge on Thursday rejected a bid by Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N), DoorDash Inc and Grubhub Inc to block New York City’s novel law setting a minimum wage …
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Special Issue – COVID-19: Labour, Migration, and Exploitation
“This Special Issue of Anti-Trafficking Review examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of low-wage, migrant, and informal workers. With contributions from Australia, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Europe, Nigeria, …