Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Permit Employment Discrimination Against Transgender Workers

The Trump administration’s Department of Justice is asking the Supreme Court to set a legal precedent that would enable employers to fire employees because they are transgender. The Department of …

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Another Union Sues to Block Trump Workforce Orders

A union representing Veterans Affairs employees in Buffalo, N.Y., filed a federal lawsuit this week challenging three executive orders that have been at the center of another legal challenge for …

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Datos reveladores sobre la realidad del empleo en el servicio doméstico en el Uruguay

De acuerdo a la Encuesta Continua de Hogares (ECH) del Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), aproximadamente 1.636.200 personas declararon estar ocupadas en promedio en el año 2018. De éstas, más …

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Foodora courier fed up with delivery company’s efforts to put the brakes on unionization

Foodora workers’ push to unionize in the gig economy is “really just the first battle in a much bigger war,” says courier and union organizer Alex Kurth. This week, couriers …

The NLRB Holds That Employers May Implement Class Waivers in Response to Class Claims and Discipline Employees Who Refuse to Sign Them

Employers wishing to implement class action waivers in response to class claims and discipline employees who refuse to sign them just got some very good news from the National Labor Relations Board …

Mars, Nestle, other food companies face complaints of forced labor at palm oil supplier

Palm oil is common in U.S. diets, yet it lives in obscurity. Big food manufacturers add it to a wide array of packaged foods — it is in Skittles, Oreos …

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‘We Were Treated Like Dirt’: A Visa Program Exploits Student Workers

“The foreign students came for a summer of adventure, invited to the United States for a “work experience” program, but many did not get the cultural exposure they were expecting. …

Batean amparos de la CTM contra libertad sindical

Un juzgado federal desechó, en definitiva, amparos interpuestos por la Confederación de Trabajadores de México (CTM) en contra de la democracia en elecciones de líderes, rendición de cuentas y pago de cuotas …

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Urge apretar leyes a la subcontratación laboral

En la medida en que aumenta la demanda de empleos mediante subcontratación –empresas dedicadas a dar trabajos de manera secundaria con alguna compañía–, existen firmas de ese tipo que no …

Storm Clouds on the Horizon

The upcoming Supreme Court term is already brimming with consequential employment law issues on its argument docket.  But fair warning: There is little promise that the Court’s treatment of these …

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