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U.S. lawmakers seek to tighten ban on forced-labor goods from China’s Xinjiang

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leading U.S. lawmakers proposed legislation on Wednesday aimed at preventing goods made from forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region from reaching the United States. The legislation would …

Misclassified Information

Ramirez is a member of the so-called “gig economy,” a phrase that conjures Silicon Valley-tinted visions of Uber drivers and TaskRabbits but really describes a wide range of workers spilling …

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America needs paid sick leave laws to stop coronavirus from spreading

Coronavirus has laid bare the extent to which the failure of our nation to require paid sick leave has now endangered all of us. Congress needs to urgently pass paid …

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America needs paid sick leave laws to stop coronavirus from spreading

Coronavirus has laid bare the extent to which the failure of our nation to require paid sick leave has now endangered all of us. Congress needs to urgently pass paid …

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The Case for Universal Labor and Employment Rights

Working people in the United States are fragmented by race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and status. We are also stratified by the law itself—specifically the extent to which we are entitled …

ALI RAZAK; KENAN SABANI; KHALDOUN CHERDOUD, et. al v. UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

This case is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of Uber  on the question of whether drivers for UberBLACK are employees or independent contractors within the …

UberBlack Drivers’ Classification Case Revived by 3rd Cir.

UberBLACK drivers in Pennsylvania convinced the Third Circuit to revive their lawsuit alleging that they’re Uber Technologies Inc. employees entitled to minimum wages and overtime based on the control the …

State of New York v Scalia, Secretary of Labor

Seventeen states and the District of Columbia allege that the Department of Labor’s new joint-employer rule, which is set to take effect March 16, is arbitrary and capricious under the …

New York, 16 Other States Sue Over DOL Joint-Employer Rule

A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general asked a federal judge to block a recent Labor Department regulation that narrows the circumstances in which multiple businesses share liability for wage …

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Combatting Forced Labor and Enforcing Workers’ Rights Using the Tariff Act

This briefing paper by the International Labor Rights Forum discusses how U.S. trade policy, embodied in Section 307, can help prevent Americans’ complicity with the forced labor economy. It primarily …

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