Facts Plaintiff brought suit against Costco under the California’s Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”), Business and Professions Code sections 17200 et seq.; False Advertising Law (“FAL”), Business and Professions Code sections 17500 …
Facts Plaintiff brought suit against Costco under the California’s Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”), Business and Professions Code sections 17200 et seq.; False Advertising Law (“FAL”), Business and Professions Code sections 17500 …
Iowa Law Review, Vol. 102, 2017 Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2914424 U.S. employers’ recruitment of migrant workers from abroad has created a global “human supply chain” that is …
Ben Saad filed a claim against the employer, alleging the employer fired him as a result of his injury, disability and migrant status. The tribunal concluded that the termination was …
The Article highlights a stark governance deficit with regard to human supply chains, analyzing the causes and harmful effects of an effectively unregulated world market for human labor. This paper …
The article used the capabilities approach to address the issues of inaccessibility of legal rights for migrant workers in practice. Based on the evaluation of regulatory framework and institutional reform, …
First chapter from Carolina Muñoz 2017 book, in which she studies Chilean workers bargaining with Walmart. Even without a sophisticated research team, the workers were able to make significant gains …
This article examines the labor market consequences of paid maternity leave for women who participate in the Brazilian formal labor market (and thus qualify for the leave policy). Based on …
The memo is an excerpt of the author’s doctoral dissertation. Based on empirical data, the author analyzed the restrictions and obstacles to migrant workers’ fundamental labor rights and made policy …
Speech by Governor Lael Brainard, member of the US Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System since 2014. Governor Brainard discusses the expansion of the “gig” economy and the risks/opportunities …
This article (in 5 Manchester Rev. L. Crime & Ethics 160 (2016)) examines the Silicon-Valley Wage-fixing scandal as a white-collar crime and an intersection between antitrust law and labor law. …