Lawsuit: Mexican guest workers on Louisiana sugar cane farms shortchanged by Arkansas labor co.

A civil rights group has accused an Arkansas company that annually uses a federal program to supply foreign guest workers to Louisiana sugar cane farms of “rampant wage theft” since …

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Tainted Stones: Bonded Labor and Child Labor in the India-U.S. Sandstone Supply Chain

“Three million workers are employed in India’s sandstone mining industry on a seasonal basis, with nearly 90% of India’s sandstone being produced in the state of Rajasthan. The government of …

US: CBP Collects $575,000 from Pure Circle U.S.A. for Stevia Imports Made with Forced Labor

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has collected $575,000 in penalties following the closure of a civil enforcement action against the importer Pure Circle U.S.A., Inc. This action is the …

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OSHA is Failing to Protect Workers

On April 9, a worker at Maid-Rite Specialty Foods meatpacking plant in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, filed a complaint with OSHA, the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The worker …

Uber Says Gig Workers Are Their Own Bosses — But Courts Disagree

“According to some estimates, over 50 million people today may be engaged in some type of gig work. In the side hustle economy, gig work has become a necessity to make ends …

Uber and Lyft should treat drivers as employees

“California, the spiritual home of the gig economy, has delivered a blow to the business models of platform companies. The state’s supreme court ruled on Monday that Uber and Lyft, …

People of California v Uber Technologies, Order on Motion for Temporary Injunction

The order enjoined Uber and Lyft from classifying their drivers as independent contractors. The order was stayed for 10 days.  The lawsuit follows the passage of AB5 earlier this year. …

Judge grants preliminary injunction requiring Uber and Lyft to stop classifying drivers as contractors

A California judge granted a preliminary injunction Monday requiring Uber and Lyft to stop classifying their drivers as independent contractors pending further action by the court. The order will take effect after 10 days, as the …

Uber Confronts California in Turning Point for Gig Workers

The stakes are higher than ever for Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. as they line up Thursday against their most fearsome opponent yet — their home state of California — in the fight …

GrubHub Ruling Draws New Line in Battles Over Driver Arbitration

If local Grubhub Inc. drivers deliver a restaurant’s desserts made from chocolate that traveled all the way from Switzerland, should that be enough to keep their wage claims in court? The Seventh …

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