No Robot Bosses Act (Proposed)

The No Robot Bosses Act would prohibit employers from relying exclusively on automated decision-making systems in making employment decisions such as hiring or firing workers. The bill would require testing and …

Ninth Circuit Allows Human Rights Claims Against Cisco to Proceed

There may yet be life in the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). The Ninth Circuit recently held, in Doe I v. Cisco Systems, Inc., that Chinese practitioners of Falun Gong could go forward with …

DoorDash Banned Discussing Work Issues and Fired Worker For Organizing, Labor Board Alleges

DoorDash Inc. illegally prohibited office employees from discussing working conditions and fired one because of their organizing efforts, US labor board prosecutors alleged. The food delivery company threatened to punish …

Court rules against Uber in major win for California workers

Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) must face a California lawsuit claiming it should have covered UberEats drivers’ work-related expenses, the state’s top court said on Monday, in what could be a major …

NLRB Files Complaint Against Amazon for Refusing to Bargain with Union

The National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against Amazon for refusing to bargain with the Amazon Labor Union on Wednesday. “It’s about time,” said Chris Smalls, president of the …

Canada Investigates Two Companies Over Alleged Forced Labor in China

Canada’s corporate ethics watchdog on Tuesday launched separate investigations into Nike Canada and Dynasty Gold over allegations that they used or benefited from forced Uyghur labor in their supply chains …

NLRB Files Complaint Against Amazon for Refusing to Bargain with Union

The National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against Amazon for refusing to bargain with the Amazon Labor Union on Wednesday. “It’s about time,” said Chris Smalls, president of the …

Corporate ethics czar launches forced-labour probes into Nike, Dynasty Gold in China

Ottawa’s corporate-ethics watchdog has announced investigations into a gold-mining corporation and the Canadian branch of Nike over the possible use of forced labour by China’s Uyghur minority in their supply …

DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub Sue New York City Over Minimum-Wage Law

DoorDash,  Uber Eats and Grubhub sued New York City on Thursday to block a new law that sets minimum wages for food-delivery workers, escalating a battle between the apps and the city over …

Overworked and unable to quit: Delivery drivers in Brazil found something worse than gig work

Guilherme spends between 12 and 14 hours a day, every day of the week, on his bike delivering orders around Tijuca, a middle-class neighborhood in northern Rio de Janeiro. Though …