Trump Labor Department Rescinds Biden-Era Overtime Expansion

The US Labor Department is rescinding a 2024 rule that sought to expand overtime eligibility for millions of workers. The rescission, published in the federal register Thursday, formalizes the administration’s move …

Spanish Supreme Court rules teleworker’s heart attack a workplace accident

Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled that an employee’s fatal heart attack suffered at home during her company’s flexible hours window was a workplace accident.  The employee was a senior administrative …

Tesco workers win Court of Appeal job valuation challenge

Documents used to train Tesco’s store workers and warehouse operators can be used to generically assess both roles’ values, the Court of Appeal has ruled in the sprawling equal value …

Big Tech’s Cross-Border Abuses Demand an International Response

On April 16, news broke that Meta had cut ties with its contractor in Kenya, Sama, ending a long-standing outsourcing arrangement it had for content moderation and artificial intelligence training. The …

Forget the AI job apocalypse. AI’s real threat is worker control and surveillance

The real danger that artificial intelligence poses to work is not just job loss – it is the growing divide between people who use AI to extend their skills and those whose …

Partisan Lines Emerge as Circuit Courts Tackle NLRB’s Power

Federal appeals courts are assessing the viability of one of the NLRB’s most effective tools to protect workers’ rights in the aftermath of a US Supreme Court decision that dialed …

El Tribunal Supremo considera accidente de trabajo el infarto de miocardio sufrido en su domicilio por una teletrabajadora con horario laboral flexible

El Pleno de la Sala Social del Tribunal Supremo ha considerado accidente de trabajo el infarto de miocardio que causó la muerte de una teletrabajadora en su domicilio, dentro del …

Landmark survey exposes a hidden system of migrant worker exploitation across Australia

A survey of 10,000 migrants has found that Australian businesses systematically underpay migrant workers. Two-thirds of employees were paid less than they were owed under the Fair Work Act – …

French ‘Anti-Fast Fashion’ Law Stalls as Brussels Objects

France’s so-called “anti-fast fashion” law has hit a snag. Writing in an April 15 reaction, the European Commission said that Loi Violland—a bill designed to curb overconsumption by regulating the environmental impacts …

Dynamic pay on platforms such as Uber should be banned, says TUC

The practice of using “dynamic pricing” to set pay on gig economy platforms including Uber should be banned because it leaves workers at the mercy of shadowy algorithms with no certainty …