El apartado dedicado a la normativa laboral es de los más extensos del DNU, afecta una multiplicidad de situaciones como las multas por no registro, el cálculo de indemnizaciones, la …
Activision to pay $50 mln to settle workplace discrimination lawsuit
Activision Blizzard will pay roughly $50 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit by a California regulator that alleged the videogame maker discriminated against women employees, including denying them promotion opportunities and …
US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, OFFICE OF THE TRADE REPRESENTATIVE FIND DENIAL OF LABOR RIGHTS IN PIEDRAS NEGRAS AT FUJIKURA AUTO PARTS PLANT
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement today requested the government of Mexico conduct a review based on its finding that a denial of workers’ rights has …
Federal Regulators Seek to Force Starbucks to Reopen 23 Stores
Federal labor regulators accused Starbucks on Wednesday of illegally closing 23 stores to suppress organizing activity and sought to force the company to reopen them. A complaint issued by a …
Uber may have to face lawsuit alleging race bias in driver ratings
A judge on a U.S. appeals court panel on Thursday said a lower court made a “legal error” in tossing out a lawsuit claiming Uber Technologies Inc’s policy of terminating …
Supreme Court Leans Toward Police Officer in Job Bias Case
The Supreme Court seemed inclined on Wednesday to allow a female police officer in St. Louis to sue for employment discrimination over a forced lateral transfer to another position in the …
Human Rights Group Sues to Protect African Child Laborers
A human rights advocacy group sued last week in Washington, D.C., against chocolate companies for their use of child labor on cocoa plantations in Africa. The lawsuit says companies like …
Kassim, et al v. Cargill et al
On November, 29th 2023, a lawsuit was filed in Washington DC against Cargill, Mars, and Mondelēz accusing them, inter alia, of consumer fraud and unjust enrichment related to brutal conditions …
Stringency of US Forced Labor Law Is Crucial to Its Success
For far too long, many companies have been able to hide behind opaque supply chains replete with human rights abuses. Business as usual, however, is no longer a given in …
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