Climate impacts are set to stunt the growth of the fashion industry. Risks are not being planned for, as the industry focuses on mitigation rather than adaptation, a new report warns. …
High court rules Qantas illegally outsourced 1,700 jobs during pandemic
Qantas has lost its high court bid to overturn a ruling that it illegally outsourced 1,700 ground handler jobs. On Wednesday the high court unanimously upheld a full federal court decision …
Gig Workers’ First Major Victory in India: Rajasthan Leads the Way
In the age of platform capitalism, with skewed and anti-worker algorithms operating as digital bosses, Rajasthan’s new law could possibly play a role in taming these bosses and paving the …
Gig economy workers to get $400m wage boost under Labor’s closing loopholes bill
The Albanese government has introduced its closing loopholes industrial relations bill, estimated to provide labour hire workers up to $511m a year more pay and gig economy workers up to …
Behind the AI boom, an army of overseas workers in ‘digital sweatshops’
In dingy internet cafes, jampacked office spaces or at home, they annotate the masses of data that American companies need to train their artificial intelligence models. The workers differentiate pedestrians …
Australian gig workers to get right to negotiate minimum pay, conditions
Australian gig workers will be able to negotiate for minimum pay and conditions under a new law to be introduced next week in parliament by the centre-left Labor government. The …
Singapore employers using police to threaten domestic workers, report says
Singaporean employers are using the justice system as a “tool” to threaten and control domestic workers, with more than 80 percent of police reports made by bosses against their maids …
More Hong Kong delivery riders expected to file claims for unpaid wages after tribunal ruling that ‘couriers are employees’
More than 100 Hong Kong delivery riders are expected to file claims for unpaid wages after a Labour Tribunal ruled for the first time that couriers should be classed as …
Rajasthan passes Bill extending social security to gig workers sans debate
The Rajasthan Assembly Monday passed a Bill extending social security to gig workers but without any debate. When the House reconvened at 2 pm Monday after unprecedented scenes where sacked …
India: Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Bill, 2023
This Bill is being introduced in the Rajasthan Assembly. The legislation doubles the minimum pension to Rs 1000 per month(approx 125 USD) for all elderly widowed and disabled, with an …
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