Barrick in Toronto Court over Allegations of Acts of Extreme Violence at North Mara Mine in Tanzania

OTTAWA, ON and TORONTO, Oct. 15, 2024 /CNW/ – Today hearings commence in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto on behalf of 32 plaintiffs from Tanzania against Barrick Gold Corporation (Barrick). The plaintiffs are Indigenous Kuria from …

EU member states adopt agreement on platform work

The European Union countries have officially adopted the hard-won agreement on better protection for platform workers. Belgium and the other member states will have two years to incorporate the provisions …

Justice Chandru says TN govt dragging its feet to register union demanded by Samsung workers

As the indefinite strike by workers at Samsung’s Sriperumbudur plant entered its second month, labour law and industrial disputes expert and retired High Court judge K Chandru questioned why the …

New Duty on UK Employers to Prevent Sexual Harassment

From 26 October 2024, UK employers will be subject to a new positive duty to prevent sexual harassment of workers in the course of their employment. The new preventative duty …

NLRC declares Foodpanda riders as employees

FOOD delivery riders for the app Foodpanda scored a victory after the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) in Central Visayas ruled that they are employees of the platform. According to …

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Labour’s employment rights bill: what key changes will it bring?

Labour’s employment rights bill is the biggest step towards enacting one of its key election offers: to make sweeping changes to rights at work and improve pay. Here are the main details …

Subcontracting at NYC hotels must end

Unknown to most guests, often that housekeeper isn’t employed by the hotel. Instead, they work for a subcontractor we’ve never heard of, an arrangement leading to lower wages and benefits. …

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Horeb recruitment agency ordered to pay over UGX.250M in damages for migrant worker’s death

The High Court of Uganda made a groundbreaking ruling in favor of Ms. Namale Desire, daughter of Milly Namutamba, a migrant worker who died in Saudi Arabia in early 2019. …

Pirelli y el Sindicato Miguel Trujillo López firman Convenio complementario de armonización de beneficios

La Secretaría de Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS) informa que, derivado de la investigación sobre una presunta denegación de derechos de libertad de asociación y negociación colectiva en la empresa …

Hudbay Minerals settles civil lawsuits regarding former operations in Guatemala

Hudbay Minerals Inc. has reached settlement agreements covering three civil lawsuits in connection with the Fenix nickel project in Guatemala that the company sold in 2011. The company says the …

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