PODER JUDICIÁRIO JUSTIÇA DO TRABALHO PROCESSO JUDICIAL ELETRÔNICO 4ª VARA DO TRABALHO DE SÃO PAULO ACPCiv 1001379-33.2021.5.02.0004 AUTOR: MINISTÉRIO PÚBLICO DO TRABALHO RÉU: UBER DO BRASIL TECNOLOGIA LTDA.

In a historic decision, the 4th Labor Court of São Paulo condemned the company Uber do Brasil, imposing the payment of R$1 billion in compensation for collective moral damages. The …

Uber é condenada a pagar indenização de R$ 1 bilhão e assinar carteira de trabalho de motoristas

Em uma decisão histórica, a 4ª Vara de Trabalho de São Paulo condenou a empresa Uber do Brasil, impondo o pagamento de uma indenização de R$ 1 bilhão a título de danos morais …

US: New Board Decisions Seek to Facilitate Collective Bargaining

“The National Labor Relations Board issued two complementary decisions on August 26, 2023, with a view to facilitating the collective bargaining process, the capstone of what amounted to an energetic and exciting week at the …

Protecting Migrant Workers: Here and Across the Globe

“Having spent the bulk of my 39-year career with the U.S. Department of Labor enforcing federal worker protection statutes in the six New England states, I was fortunate twenty years …

California poised to become first US state to ban caste discrimination

California could become the first state to ban discrimination based on someone’s caste after legislators on Tuesday approved the bill. This move gives added protections to people from countries like …

Chipping Away at the Right to Strike

On June 1, the Supreme Court issued a significant decision against the labor movement in Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters Local Union No. 174. In an 8–1 split, the Court found that …

Miller Plastic Products, Inc. and Ronald Vincer. Case 06–CA–266234 (NLRB)

In March 2020, during the early stages of the COVID- 19 pandemic, the Respondent terminated employee Ronald Vincer for raising concerns about its COVID pro- tocols and decision to remain …

Board Returns to Totality of Circumstances Test for Determining Concerted Activity

The National Labor Relations Board issued a decision in Miller Plastic Products, Inc. (decided on August 25th), returning to the long-established test for determining whether an employee who intends to induce group action …

Female professors sue Vassar College, alleging wage discrimination

Five female professors at Vassar College are suing the elite institution in Upstate New York — one of the country’s first colleges to educate women — alleging it engaged in decades …

US asks Mexico to review cargo airline pilots’ rights

The United States is asking Mexico to review whether the labor rights of pilots at a small cargo airline are being infringed, the eight such request Washington has made this …