The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission plans to wage a multi-year, multi-agency effort to combat worker misclassification

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission plans to wage a multi-year, “multi-agency effort to combat worker misclassification,” according to its Fiscal Year 2022 White House budget proposal. Part of its proposal would specifically target …

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Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and other gig companies said California’s Prop 22 would create opportunity for workers of color. A new study says it ‘legalized racial subordination.’

Last year, Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and Uber-owned Postmates spent a record $203 million to convince California voters to pass Proposition 22, a company-authored ballot measure that let them avoid paying for …

Lawmakers Should Oppose New York’s Uber Bill: Workers need real sectoral bargaining not company unionism

Uber and other gig companies are rushing to pass a bill in the final weeks of Albany’s legislative session that would undermine labor standards for the growing millions of app-based …

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Labor, Gig Companies Near Bargaining Deal in N.Y.

New legislation creating collective bargaining rights for gig-economy workers is poised to be introduced in New York State in the coming weeks, according to the president of the Transport Workers Union. …

How district attorneys and state attorneys general are fighting workplace abuses

Historically wage theft and other crimes against workers have not been prosecuted. Rather, civil enforcement by labor departments, along with private class-action lawsuits, have more commonly been the methods used …

How district attorneys and state attorneys general are fighting workplace abuses

Historically wage theft and other crimes against workers have not been prosecuted. Rather, civil enforcement by labor departments, along with private class-action lawsuits, have more commonly been the methods used …

En trabajo agrícola, EU está incumpliendo el T-MEC: SRE

En Estados Unidos hay incumplimientos a disposiciones relacionadas con trabajadores agrícolas mexicanos en el marco del Tratado entre México, Estados Unidos y Canadá (T-MEC), indicó el gobierno de México a su contraparte estadounidense, …

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Identifying the policy levers generating wage suppression and wage inequality

“Inequalities abound in the U.S. economy, and a central driver in recent decades is the widening gap between the hourly compensation of a typical (median) worker and productivity—the income generated …

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White House calls on Mexican government to probe possible labor violations at GM auto plant

In the first action of its kind, the Biden administration has formally asked the Mexican government to investigate reports of “serious violations” of worker rights at a General Motors plant in …

Hindu Sect Is Accused of Using Forced Labor to Build N.J. Temple

Federal law enforcement agents descended on a massive temple in New Jersey on Tuesday after workers accused a prominent Hindu sect of luring them from India, confining them to the …

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