Tesla, Apple, Google, Dell et Microsoft sont accusés de complicité de travail forcé d’enfants dans les mines de cobalt en RDC. Certains de ces enfants ont été tués et mutilés pour produire …
California’s new gig economy law challenged in court by freelance writers
Freelance journalists on Tuesday sued to block California’s new labor law that will require more workers to be classified as employees, arguing it threatens their ability to earn a living. …
Caesars Entertainment d/b/a/ Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino, 368 NLRB No. 143.
In a decision issued today, the National Labor Relations Board reestablished the right of an employer to restrict employee use of its email system if it does so on a …
NLRB allows employers to prohibit workers from using work email for protected trade union activity
In Caesars Entertainment d/b/a/ Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino, the National Labor Relations Board overturned Board precedent to allow the employer to restrict employee use of its email system if …
LERA 72nd Annual Meeting: Social, Economic, and Environmental Sustainability and the World of Work
LERA 72nd Annual Meeting, June 13-16, 2020, (Sat.-Tues.), Portland, OR Preconference Day – June 12, 2020 Hilton Portland Downtown, 921 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, OR 97204-1296 https://www.leraweb.org/72nd-lera-anl-mtg Registration Opens February 1, …
Law and Society Association (LASA) Annual Meeting
Denver, Colorado, USA https://www.lsadenver2020.org/
Judge Won’t Force Uber to Treat California Drivers as Employees
A federal judge on Monday refused to make Uber reclassify drivers as employees in California, despite claims the alleged misclassification deprives the state of tax dollars and increases its spending …
Respecting the Right to Strike at Harvard
According to the Crimson, Harvard has circulated an email advising departments seeking to hire spring teaching fellows (and other student workers) to include certain language in job postings and offer letters. …
Doe v Apple Inc., et al
On December 16, 2019. a lawsuit was filed in federal court in Washington DC against Apple, Google, Dell, Microsoft and Tesla by Congolese families who say their children were killed …
Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths
A landmark legal case has been launched against the world’s largest tech companies by Congolese families who say their children were killed or maimed while mining for cobalt used to …
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