Landmark U.S. ruling allows Indonesians to proceed with lawsuit against Bumble Bee for forced labor on fishing boats

The case of a group of Indonesian fishers who sued U.S. tuna brand Bumble Bee, alleging forced labor, will move forward, according to a judgment released by the Southern California …

NJ Amazon Suit Vies to Build on States’ Limited Gig Worker Wins

State attorneys general seeking to build on incremental wins in the long fight over gig worker classification can look to New Jersey as it escalates its driver employment status suits …

Europe Is Regulating AI Hiring. Why Isn’t America?

In 2018, Amazon unveiled a groundbreaking AI hiring tool. But what began as a promise to revolutionize how the company identified talent devolved into an algorithm that “did not like women.” …

Sweeping Labor Law Overhaul Package Introduced by Senate GOP

A sweeping slate of bills released Monday by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) would fundamentally change the last eight decades of US labor law. The bulk of the measures target the …

Driven Down: How Workplace Technology Enables Amazon to Steal Wages, Hide Labor, Intensify Poor Working Conditions, and Evade Responsibility

“Amazon delivery drivers, alongside warehouse workers and other people in the Amazon delivery supply chain, are subject to intense amounts of surveillance. Amazon has multiple avenues for surveilling its delivery …

Appeals Court Sides With Home Depot Over NLRB in BLM Dispute

Home Depot Inc. doesn’t have to rehire a Minnesota retail worker after a federal appeals court held that the National Labor Relations Board “improperly evaluated” the reasons for the company’s …

Asociación Uruguaya de Laboralistas denunció al Estado uruguayo ante la CIDH tras fallo de la SCJ sobre trabajador de Uber

Para la Asociación Uruguaya de Laboralistas (AULA), la sentencia de la Suprema Corte de Justicia (SCJ) del pasado 8 de mayo fue un antes y un después en la demanda …

The ‘Coldplay Incident’: Work and Private Life

Last summer, a woman and a man were embracing blissfully at a Coldplay concert when they were caught by a ‘kiss cam’, a camera that is used in concerts to …

EEOC sued after trashing disparate impact probes

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is facing a lawsuit from a former Amazon worker after announcing the closing of all disparate impact claim investigations.  An internal memo sent …

Trans EEOC director faced discrimination on the job, judge rules

Aformer Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) employee who sued the agency for trans discrimination was wrongfully denied access to unemployment benefits, an administrative judge has ruled, in the first step …