Uber’s Gig Workers Now Include Coders for Hire on AI Projects

Uber Technologies Inc.’s gig-economy workforce now includes programmers. The company is expanding beyond its rideshare roots to enter a hot new market: helping other businesses outsource some of their artificial …

Migrant workers face ‘cycle of abuse’ in Saudi Arabia before World Cup, UN told

A trade union organisation that represents 18 million African workers has submitted a complaint to the United Nations against labour practices in Saudi Arabia. It has called for “immediate and decisive …

US wants Bangladesh to implement 11-point labour action plan by March 2025

The United States has called for the implementation of an 11-point action plan aimed at improving labour rights in Bangladesh by March 2025. Kelly M Fay Rodriguez, special representative for …

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UPS Seeks Quick Ruling to End Safety Agency Heat Stress Searches

United Parcel Service Inc. has asked a judge for a speedy decision to permanently block OSHA from implementing heat-stress monitoring of company trucks nationwide, according to a Delaware federal court …

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India’s female gig workers facing harassment and unsafe conditions, seek change and justice

Thousands of female gig workers in India encounter unsafe working conditions, including sexual harassment, low wages, erratic hours, and a lack of access to basic amenities such as toilets. With weak enforcement of …

Privacy guarantor sanctions Glovo 5 million Euros: algorithm violates riders’ rights (original in Italian)

Nuova sanzione per Glovo da parte del Garante italiano per la protezione dei dati personali. La decisione – che Today.it è in grado di anticipare – riguarderebbe ancora una volta l’algoritmo utilizzato …

Italy watchdog fines Foodinho 5 million euros for rider data breaches

Italy’s data protection authority on Friday fined Delivery Hero-owned Foodinho 5 million euros ($5.20 million) for unlawfully processing the personal data of more than 35,000 riders registered on its digital …

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EU Approaches a Forced Labor Ban

The European Union is one step closer to completing a long-awaited bloc-wide ban on the sale of products made with forced labor. The Council of the EU on Tuesday approved …

Anti-Union Captive Audience Meetings Outlawed by Labor Board

Mandatory “captive audience” meetings in which companies argue against unionization are illegal, the National Labor Relations Board ruled in a case involving Amazon.com Inc., prohibiting one of employers’ most potent …

Board Restores Prior Standard Governing Employer Statements about Unionization’s Impact on Employer-Employee Relationship

The National Labor Relations Board issued a decision in Siren Retail Corp d/b/a Starbucks, overruling Tri-Cast, Inc., 274 NLRB 377 (1985) and clarifying the test that the Board will use to evaluate whether …

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