The battle over workplace safety rules during the coronavirus is spreading to states. Virginia this week took a major step toward creating its own set of safety rules for workplaces …
Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller
Here is the decision from the Canadian Supreme Court finding the arbitration clause of Uber’s contracts to be invalid: https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/18406/index.do The Supreme Court found that a court may depart from the …
Supreme Court of Canada Rules Against Uber in $400M Class Action, Delivers Historic Win for Employees
Today, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a historical decision on a class action lawsuit against Uber that preserves employee rights across the country. The court found that, in the case …
Abogados internacionales piden a SCJN rechazar amparos contra Reforma Laboral
En la víspera de la entrada en vigor del Tratado entre México, Estados Unidos y Canadá (T-MEC), abogados internacionales pidieron a la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) …
ILO Violence and Harassment Convention will enter into force in June 2021
Fiji has become the second country to ratify the ILO’s Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) , after Uruguay did so on 12 June . With the deposit of this second ratification, the …
El Senado aprobó la ratificación de un Convenio de la OIT contra el acoso laboral
Sin la presencia de la oposición, el Senado aprobó y giró a la Cámara de Diputados este miércoles un proyecto impulsado por el Poder Ejecutivo que ratifica el Convenio 190 de …
CASO GUZMÁN ALBARRACÍN Y OTRAS VS. ECUADOR SENTENCIA DE 24 DE JUNIO DE 2020 (Fondo, Reparaciones y Costas)
El 7 de febrero de 2019 la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (en adelante también “la Comisión Interamericana” o “la Comisión”) sometió a la jurisdicción de la Corte el caso …
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Why Is OSHA AWOL?
“As states and municipalities relax shelter-in-place orders, the nation seems to be racing to get the economy back to something resembling the pre-pandemic era. Restaurants, malls, cinemas, day care centers …