From 26 October 2024, UK employers will be subject to a new positive duty to prevent sexual harassment of workers in the course of their employment. The new preventative duty …
Subcontracting at NYC hotels must end
Unknown to most guests, often that housekeeper isn’t employed by the hotel. Instead, they work for a subcontractor we’ve never heard of, an arrangement leading to lower wages and benefits. …
Horeb recruitment agency ordered to pay over UGX.250M in damages for migrant worker’s death
The High Court of Uganda made a groundbreaking ruling in favor of Ms. Namale Desire, daughter of Milly Namutamba, a migrant worker who died in Saudi Arabia in early 2019. …
Pirelli y el Sindicato Miguel Trujillo López firman Convenio complementario de armonización de beneficios
La Secretaría de Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS) informa que, derivado de la investigación sobre una presunta denegación de derechos de libertad de asociación y negociación colectiva en la empresa …
Hudbay Minerals settles civil lawsuits regarding former operations in Guatemala
Hudbay Minerals Inc. has reached settlement agreements covering three civil lawsuits in connection with the Fenix nickel project in Guatemala that the company sold in 2011. The company says the …
Injerencia patronal, el principal motivo de activación de las quejas laborales en el marco del T-MEC
La injerencia patronal, prohibida en la Ley Federal del Trabajo, así como en el acuerdo comercial con Estados Unidos y Canadá, es uno de los principales motivos que origina las quejas laborales …
Migrant teens sue Raw Seafoods, claiming child labor violations
Three migrant teenagers filed a lawsuit in federal court last week claiming their employer, a seafood processing plant in Fall River, violated multiple labor laws, including prohibitions on forced labor, …
La Justicia suspendió los decretos que establecieron como esencial el servicio de aeronavegación
La justicia nacional del Trabajó suspendió los dos decretos del gobierno nacional de Javier Milei que establecieron como servicio esencial al sistema de aeronavegación. El juez Ricardo Hierrezuelo aceptó un planteo de la …
Massachusetts Ballot Measure Criticized for Creating Gig Worker ‘Company Unions’
Typically, industry would fight tooth and nail against a new state law making it easier for their workers to collectively bargain. You might expect to see the kind of campaign …
Facebook loses jurisdiction appeal in Kenyan court paving the way for moderators’ case to proceed
NAIROBI, Kenya — NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Facebook ’s parent company Meta on Friday lost its appeal in a Kenyan labor court that ruled the company could be sued in Kenya over the mass …
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