This report provides an in-depth analysis of the total costs of discrimination penalties in the US. It uses federal and state court records to shows the majority of large US …
AN ACT CONCERNING BASIC LABOR STANDARDS FOR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY DRIVERS.
The bill, before the General Assembly of Connecticut, would provide basic labor standards for transportation network company drivers including by requiring drivers to receive seventy-five per cent of the money …
BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES OF CALIFORNIA, INC. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
The D.C. Circuit Court upheld (2-1) the NLRB’s 2015 decision in which it articulated a joint-employer standard which considered not only direct control over the employees’ terms and conditions of …
Supreme Court set to hear Nevsun Resources case on Eritrea human rights abuses
The future of the Canadian resource industry hangs in the balance as the Supreme Court of Canada prepares to hear a high-profile case accusing Canadian miner Nevsun Resources Ltd. of …
Das v. George Weston Limited, 2018 ONCA 1053
On December 20, 2018, the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed the decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissing a claim brought on behalf of workers injured in the …
La CorteIDH condena a Colombia por desaparición forzada de sindicalista
La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CorteIDH) informó hoy que condenó al Estado de Colombia por la desaparición forzada del sindicalista Víctor Manuel Isaza Uribe, ocurrida en 1987.En la sentencia …
Ohio Executive Order 2018-12K
The Executive Order, signed by outgoing Ohio Governor John Kasich extends the prohibition on employment discrimination of state employees to include “gender identity” in order to provide protection to transgendered …
Gov. Kasich bars anti-trans discrimination in Ohio state workforce
With less than a month remaining in office, Ohio Gov. John Kasich — a prominent critic of President Trump within his own party — signed on Wednesday an executive order …
BILL C-423: An Act respecting the fight against certain forms of modern slavery through the imposition of certain measures and amending the Customs Tariff
This enactment enacts the Modern Slavery Act, which imposes an obligation on certain entities to report on the measures taken to prevent and reduce the risk that forced labour or child …
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