Justice Dept. kills long-time tool used to prove racial discrimination

After years of conservative complaints, the Justice Department moved Tuesday to kill a decades-old provision of civil rights law that allows statistical disparities to be used as proof of racial …

EU strikes deal to weaken corporate sustainability laws

The European Union reached a deal on Tuesday to scale back its corporate sustainability laws, after months of pressure from companies and governments including the United States and Qatar. The …

Amazon pays out over alleged Seattle ordinance violations

Amazon has agreed to pay $3.7m (£2.7m) to close an investigation into alleged breaches of a Seattle gig worker ordinance, continuing a recent trend of national employers falling afoul of …

Top Court Nixes Union’s Bid to Appeal Ruling in NLRB’s Place

The US Supreme Court prevented a union from seeking review of an appeals court decision that makes it easier for employers to win orders to block National Labor Relations Board …

Instacart sues NYC over delivery worker reforms

Grocery delivery platform Instacart has sued New York City in a bid to block a series of new laws providing new rights for its app-based workers. Filed in Manhattan federal …

Was indische Lieferkuriere in Berlin erleben – und wie sie sich wehren

Irgendwann wollte Dheeraj Tyagi das alles nicht mehr hinnehmen: Löhne von teils 7 Euro die Stunde, willkürliche Abzüge vom Lohn und ein Arbeitsvertrag, an den sich nicht gehalten wird. Das …

Who counts as an employee? India’s top court draws a clearer line

n today’s evolving work world, the departure from traditional employer-employee structures towards a diverse ecosystem of arrangements including outsourcing, contracting, and the gig economy, brings the issue of deemed employment …

US judge tosses ex-Amazon worker’s lawsuit over stalled EEOC investigations

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a former Amazon.com delivery driver’s lawsuit claiming the the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission illegally halted investigations into workplace policies with discriminatory impacts at …

Historic pay deal with Uber Eats and DoorDash could set minimum pay for gig economy delivery workers

A historic deal could transform Australia’s gig economy, with the country’s two largest on-demand delivery platforms agreeing to minimum pay rates and providing wide-ranging improvements and protections for riders and …

Labour codes mean denial of rights to unions, 12-hour workday

Rejecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim of the Labour Codes as “one of the most progressive labour-oriented reforms”, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) described them as a “set of …