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Small Gains & Big Risks: Evaluating the Proposed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

It is no surprise that calls to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) from some candidates in both US political parties resonated with so many Americans. Numerous studies …

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The challenges of migration in Thailand

The transnational migration in Thailand started in the 18th and 19th centuries when the Chinese traders and migrants and other nationalities came to Thailand such as the Indian, Western, and …

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Corporate Commitments to Living Wages in the Garment Industry

This report investigates the commitments that 20 garment companies have made to paying living wages across their supplier network and analyses the actions they have taken to meet those commitments. …

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California: AB-5 WORKER STATUS: EMPLOYEES AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS

“Existing law, as established in the case of Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903 (Dynamex), creates a presumption that a worker who …

Thailand: Fishing: Labour Protection in Fishing Industry B.E. 2562 (2019) becomes effective but there is criticism on some part regarding the unfairness to the employer (ประมง: พ.ร.บ.คุ้มครองแรงงานประมงมีผลประกาศใช้แล้ว แต่บางส่วนเห็นว่าไม่เป็นธรรมต่อนายจ้าง)

The news discussing the Labour Protection in Fishing Industry B.E. 2562 in terms of the cost on the employer’s side to comply with the regulations and the potential problems that …

NLRB Office of the General Counsel Memo on Employment Status of Uber X Drivers

On Aril 19, 2019, the NLRB Office of the General Counsel prepared an advice memorandum in litigation involving whether drivers for UBER X are employees or contractors. The OGC explained …

ILO, Address to the Seoul Bar Association on Core Labor Standards

Commentary: Questionable Opinion About the Gig Economy

As OnLabor covered last week, the Department of Labor recently issued an “opinion letter” finding that the workers deriving income from an unnamed “virtual marketplace company” are independent contractors and …

Commentary: Jurisdiction, access to remedy in business and human rights cases, and the corporate structure: A tale of two cases

This note introduces two cases, both concerned with liability under a duty of care of parent companies, the obligation of ‘due diligence’ in supply chain operations and the obstacles presented …

Modern Cleaning Concept Inc. v. Comité paritaire de l’entretien d’édifices publics de la région de Québec, 2019 SCC 28 (CanLII)

The Canadian Supreme Court ruled that a cleaner who had a franchise agreement with Modern Cleaning Concept Inc. was an employee, not an independent contractor, under the Quebec Act Respecting …

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