6th Circ. Bucks EEOC With Strict View On Client Harassment

An employer can only be held liable for a customer’s harassment of an employee if the company intended for the misconduct to happen, the Sixth Circuit ruled, a strict stance …

Bankrupting Labor Power

Corporations use bankruptcy to undermine worker collective power. For example, corporations can run to bankruptcy court to shed collective bargaining agreements and class action torts judgments such as sexual harassment …

OPINIÓN CONSULTIVA OC-31/25: EL CONTENIDO Y EL ALCANCE DEL DERECHO AL CUIDADO Y SU INTERRELACIÓN CON OTROS DERECHOS

En la Opinión Consultiva (OC-31/25), la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos ha reconocido el derecho a la atención como un derecho humano autónomo en virtud de la Convención Americana sobre …

ILAW Statement / A Victory for Workers: Inter-American Court Recognizes Care as a Human Right

In a landmark development, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has affirmed for the first time that the right to care is an autonomous human right under the American Convention …

Ikea Settles Age Discrimination Suits Brought by Older Workers

Ikea Holding US Inc. and Ikea US Retail LLC settled several lawsuits alleging the retail giant discriminated against older employees. Five cases were dismissed with prejudice on Wednesday after the …

No market for abuse: how import bans fight back against forced labour

Coffee. Gloves. Smartphones. Solar panels. Seafood. So much of what we consume comes from sprawling global supply chains tainted by forced labour. This abhorrent practice endures because it pays. Companies …

Trump Administration Begins to Strip Federal Workers of Union Protections

The Trump administration has moved forward with a plan to end collective bargaining with federal unions across a swath of government agencies, even after arguing in federal court that it would …

Uber’s Festering Sexual Assault Problem

Uber received a report of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the United States almost every eight minutes on average between 2017 and 2022, sealed court records show, a level …

Proposed OSHA Rule Is Dangerous for Workers and the Law

July was a busy month at the U.S. Department of Labor. Within a period of a few days, the agency announced dozens of regulatory changes, primarily intended to roll back existing protections for workers. …

IMSS reporta más de 1 millón de afiliados en julio tras sumar a trabajadores de plataformas

Después de tres meses consecutivos de bajas en la generación de empleos formales (139,444 plazas canceladas) en el país, la estrategia del gobierno federal de otorgar seguridad social a los trabajadores …