Workers across Australia can now refuse to monitor, read or respond to work communication outside paid hours – unless doing so is unreasonable – after the federal government’s workplace reforms …
Workers across Australia can now refuse to monitor, read or respond to work communication outside paid hours – unless doing so is unreasonable – after the federal government’s workplace reforms …
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 …
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 …
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 …
According to local reports Monday, the ministry’s decision came on Aug. 8 with regard to the case filed by Lim Dong-seok, a man in his 20s who had worked as …
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 …
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 (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 …
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 …
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 …