Court dismisses Uber’s appeal arguing drivers are employees, not contractors

The multi-billion dollar global rideshare company Uber has lost a landmark appeal against a New Zealand Court, which has ruled that drivers should be treated as employees not contractors. In …

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Temporary’ Employees Working For Decades Like Regular Govt Employees Can’t Be Denied Equal Benefits: Supreme Court

INDIA -The Supreme Court on Thursday (Aug. 22) observed that the employees who were performing the duties indistinguishable from the regular government employees cannot be deprived of the benefits accorded …

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Sugar Industry Faces Pressure Over Coerced Hysterectomies and Labor Abuses

The sugar industry is facing pressure to clean up its supply chains and improve oversight after revelations that women in India, the world’s second-largest sugar producer, work in debt bondage and …

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IBM Japan to disclose how AI is used to evaluate its work force

A labor-management dispute at IBM Japan over personnel evaluations using artificial intelligence (AI) is now resolved under a landmark agreement. The Japan Metal, Manufacturing, Information and Telecommunication Workers’ Union (JMITU) revealed the agreement at …

Worker dies from heatstroke, head of the main office indicted under Serious Disasters Act

The prosecution has indicted the CEO of the general contractor under the Serious Disaster Punishment Act regarding the serious accident in which a subcontracted worker died of heatstroke at a …

SEWA India provides members with heat wave insurance

SEWA (Self Employed Women’s Association) which organizes women workers in the informal sector, including home-based workers in the garment industry and workers engaged in the downstream shipbreaking industry, launched a …

Indonesian Court Acquits Former Official Accused of Enslaving Addicts

A former official accused of imprisoning and enslaving 656 people on his estate in Indonesia under the guise of drug rehabilitation has been acquitted on charges of human trafficking, adding to …

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Migrant Workers Pay Sky-high Fees to Expand Taiwan’s Biggest Airport

Vietnamese and Thai construction workers risk debt bondage at state-owned international airport. Taiwan’s international airport in Taoyuan will soon be able to handle an extra 20 million annual passengers, due …

India human rights body says Reuters story on Foxconn hiring raises discrimination concerns

NEW DELHI, July 1 (Reuters) – India’s human rights watchdog said on Monday it had asked government officials to examine reported discrimination by Foxconn, after a Reuters investigation, opens new tab found …

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‘Watershed’ ruling confirms that UK companies trading in forced labour goods risk prosecution

GLAN and the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) have won in the Court of Appeal, which ruled that the UK National Crime Agency’s (NCA) refusal to investigate Uyghur forced labour cotton …

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