US EEOC scraps guidance that expanded workplace protections for LGBTQ workers

The U.S. agency that enforces laws prohibiting workplace discrimination on Thursday rescinded legal guidance that had strengthened protections against unlawful harassment for LGBTQ workers and women who have abortions. The …

Everyone Gets A Cut, and Migrant Workers Pay the Price

The migrant worker — indebted, jobless and stranded in a foreign country — tried to keep it together as he picked up the phone to call his wife. His name …

South Korea to overhaul labour rules with “worker presumption” bill

South Korea’s casual workforce will be granted new rights and protections in a sweeping legislative reform recognising them as “workers”. Gig workers, freelancers, and others in “special employment” make up …

McDonald’s UK: Will the company engage to end gender-based violence in its restaurants?

The IUF welcomes the recent decision of the UK Department for Business and Trade to offer mediation in a complaint about McDonald’s UK’s failure to act to prevent sexual harassment …

Uber Eats ditches self-employment model after Spanish government pressure

Uber Eats is ending its self-employment relationship with independent riders after a Spanish minister threatened the food delivery platform with criminal prosecution. “We are transitioning to a fully fleet-partner operated model …

Trump Agencies Seek White Men for Hard-to-Prove Job Bias Cases

Federal civil rights agency leaders shifting enforcement to protect White men from alleged workplace bias are set to hit hurdles finding plaintiffs and proving discrimination in court. The heads of …

Regulators say DoorDash and Uber Eats chiseled NYC delivery workers out of $550M in tips

City regulators on Tuesday accused Uber and DoorDash of deliberately altering their app interfaces to discourage customers from tipping food delivery workers, a move that has cost the employees more …

Poland scraps proposed expansion of labour inspectorate powers

oland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, has U-turned on a proposed expansion of the State Labour Inspectorate’s enforcement powers, halting a reform that would have significantly altered the regulatory framework governing …

ITUC and TUCA firmly condemn the US military attack on Venezuela and the violation of its sovereignty

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA) express their absolute and unequivocal rejection of the military operation carried out in today by …

Behind Oklahoma Cannabis Farms, New Yorkers With Ties to Beijing

The police found him in his bedroom in Edmond, Okla., facedown, dead from a gunshot wound and still gripping the bloody kitchen knife he had used to try to defend …