The National Labor Relations Board has made it easier for multiple companies to qualify as joint employers that share liability for labor law violations and legal obligations to negotiate with …
Google owes executive $1 million after losing gender bias lawsuit
A jury found Google guilty of sexual discrimination and awarded female Google Cloud executive Ulku Rowe, who filed the complaint, $1.1 million. Rowe’s lawsuit alleged that the company gave higher …
Federal Agents Investigate Sugar Exporter Over Allegations of Forced Labor
The previously undisclosed inquiry of Central Romana raises the prospect of criminal sanctions. The Americans pulling into the luxury Caribbean resort town of Juan Dolio could have easily passed as tourists. …
Federal Agents Investigate Sugar Exporter Over Allegations of Forced Labor
The Americans pulling into the luxury Caribbean resort town of Juan Dolio could have easily passed as tourists. Dressed in jeans and tennis shoes, they set up at a hotel …
CAL sues over sustainability marketing for açaí likely produced with hazardous child labor
Corporate Accountability Lab (CAL) has sued Sambazon, alleging that its claims about supply chain sustainability are false and misleading to consumers given the structural embeddedness of hazardous child labor in …
Qatar World Cup construction workers sue US firm for labor trafficking
Dozens of Filipino workers who helped build stadiums that hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar filed a lawsuit on Thursday claiming U.S. construction firm Jacobs Solutions Inc (J.N) subjected them …
Corporations are paying for worker abuse audits that are ‘designed to fail’, say insiders
US and UK companies with foreign operations use audits to prevent worker abuse – but auditors say the checks aren’t working Before he began the interviews, Ahmed swept the room …
SpaceX sued by engineer claiming underpayment of women, minorities
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been sued by a female former employee who claims the rocket and satellite company pays and promotes women and minorities less than white men. Former SpaceX …
NY Labor Law Violates Farmers’ Speech Rights, Ag Group Says
A coalition of farmers is once again suing New York State over a law that gives farm workers overtime pay and the right to unionize. They want a federal judge …
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What Happens When Nurses Are Hired Like Ubers
“Shawnika Howell has been a nurse for 13 years, primarily in long-term care, but around the time of the winter 2021 COVID-19 surge, she decided to find some extra work …