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 …
Individual Struggles, Widespread Injustice
A new report from The New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) captures the systemic employment discrimination against trans and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people in New York City. Individual Struggles, Widespread Injustice contains …
Modern Slavery Act aims to block unethical products from Canada
As Canadians pull out their wallets this holiday season, they have no way of knowing whether the gifts they are buying for friends and family were made by modern-day slaves. …
Public unions ask Iowa justices to toss collective bargaining law
Attorneys for Iowa’s two largest public employee unions asked the state’s highest court Wednesday to strike down changes in collective bargaining laws they say unconstitutionally treat some union members differently …
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