Starbucks sued for allegedly using coffee from farms with rights abuses while touting its ‘ethical’ sourcing

A consumer advocacy group is suing Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee brand, for false advertising, alleging that it sources coffee and tea from farms with human rights and labor abuses, …

Canada: Migrant farm workers pay into EI, but can’t access it. Now they’re suing the federal government

Migrant agricultural workers in Canada pay into employment insurance (EI), but they are not able to access it when their contracts expire and they return to their home country. They …

Final Rule: Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, RIN 1235-AA43

On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule, effective March 11, 2024, revising the Department’s guidance on how to analyze who is an employee or …

US enacts new labor law designed to prevent worker misclassification

The US Department of Labor enacted a final rule Tuesday designed to safeguard workers from misclassification as “independent contractors” rather than “employees.” The new labor rule provides greater clarity for classification under the Fair Labor …

Alphabet Illegally Refused to Negotiate With YouTube Contract Staff, Labor Board Rules

Alphabet Inc. has illegally refused to negotiate with a group of YouTube Music contract workers who voted to unionize, the US labor board ruled. The Wednesday decision, issued by a …

SpaceX Illegally Fired Workers Critical of Musk, Federal Agency Says

Federal labor officials accused the rocket company SpaceX on Wednesday of illegally firing eight employees for circulating a letter critical of the company’s founder and chief executive, Elon Musk. According …

Revés para Javier Milei: la Justicia suspendió la reforma laboral del decretazo

A 25 días de su asunción, el presidente Javier Milei fue blanco de una mala noticia judicial para sus aspiraciones libertarias. Tal como informó Letra P, la Cámara Nacional del Trabajo dictó este martes …

Mazazo a leyes laborales y convenios colectivos

El apartado dedicado a la normativa laboral es de los más extensos del DNU, afecta una multiplicidad de situaciones como las multas por no registro, el cálculo de indemnizaciones, la …

Activision to pay $50 mln to settle workplace discrimination lawsuit

Activision Blizzard will pay roughly $50 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit by a California regulator that alleged the videogame maker discriminated against women employees, including denying them promotion opportunities and …

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US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, OFFICE OF THE TRADE REPRESENTATIVE FIND DENIAL OF LABOR RIGHTS IN PIEDRAS NEGRAS AT FUJIKURA AUTO PARTS PLANT

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement today requested the government of Mexico conduct a review based on its finding that a denial of workers’ rights has …

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