This Feature deepens and seeks to provide a foundation for the current broadening in the anti-trust debate and, ultimately, in adjacent areas relating to market organization. As normative reconstruction, it …
California: What does the landmark Garment Worker Protection Act mean for the fashion industry?
Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Garment Protection Act (SB62) into California law this Monday. As a worker-led piece of legislation, it will allow more than 45,000 workers to receive a …
California’s garment labour law: The global implications
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law on Monday that will have direct implications for garment workers, and could also upend the economics of the fashion supply chain. …
SB 62: Durazo. Employment: garment manufacturing
“The garment industry in California is rife with violations of minimum wage law, overtime laws, and health and safety standards. California has the highest concentration of garment industry workers in …
California: Gov. Newsom signs bill expanding protections for garment workers
Garment workers in California will be paid an hourly rate and receive other new protections under a law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Monday afternoon. SB 62, which faced heavy opposition …
New York City delivery workers win rights to better tips, bathrooms and more
New York City lawmakers have passed a historic package of bills to improve labor conditions for gig economy and food delivery workers. The first of its kind legislation, which targets …
The Biden Administration Is Adding Worker Protections To Address Extreme Heat
The Biden administration is pushing for new worker protections after record-setting temperatures across the country left dozens of workers injured and dead this summer. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety …
Changes in Calif. classification law nix Grubhub trial win
A U.S. appeals court on Monday said a California federal judge must reconsider her ruling that Grubhub Inc was correct to treat a delivery driver as an independent contractor rather …
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US: Republican politicians: Let OSHA do its job
“Quite early in my career as a lawyer for the U.S. Labor Department — at the dawn of the Reagan presidency — I found myself trying a number of safety …