Researchers say they have found traces of Xinjiang cotton in shirts and T-shirts made by Adidas, Puma and Hugo Boss, appearing to contradict the German clothing companies’ promises to revise their supply …
‘Bossware is coming for almost every worker’: the software you might not realize is watching you
When the job of a young east coast-based analyst – we’ll call him James – went remote with the pandemic, he didn’t envisage any problems. The company, a large US …
US: Almost no laws protect workers from secret employer surveillance. A California bill would fix that
“The scope of workplace surveillance exploded during the pandemic as millions of workers turned their homes into offices. Some managers, accustomed to keeping tabs on their employees by walking past …
US: The Workplace Technology Accountability Bill
Here is the text of the Bill to regulate employer surveillance of workers in California: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1651
RAMONA MATOS RODRIGUEZ, ET AL., v. PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION,
This is the decision of the US DC Circuit Court applying the IOIA’s commercial activities exception to an international organization accused of facilitating human trafficking and sued in a US court. …
‘Captive audience’ meetings used in Amazon union fight should be illegal, federal official argues
Does a company have the right to make its employees attend meetings where they hear messages against joining a union? The general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board is …
Puerto Rican Jockeys Win Antitrust Appeal Over Racetrack Strike
A Puerto Rican jockeys union and its members scored a victory Monday against antitrust claims brought by a racetrack and horse racing federation, when a federal appeals court in Boston …
US: Washington State Passed a Contentious New Gig Worker Law
JAMES CHILDERS SAYS he really likes his job driving for Uber and Lyft in Spokane, a city in Washington State. But since he started working for ride-hailing companies in 2017, he’s seen drivers’ shares of …
Bill in Washington State Would Be First to Bar Uber and Lyft Drivers from Being Classified As Employees
The gig companies and a local Teamsters union helped shape the measure’s language. A labor bill that would prevent Uber and Lyft drivers from being classified as employees has been …
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The False Promise of “Third-Category” Worker Laws
Over a century ago, in Lochner v. New York, the U.S. Supreme Court infamously struck down a workplace maximum hours law, suggesting that it was “an unreasonable, unnecessary and arbitrary interference” …