Appeals Court Sides With Home Depot Over NLRB in BLM Dispute

Home Depot Inc. doesn’t have to rehire a Minnesota retail worker after a federal appeals court held that the National Labor Relations Board “improperly evaluated” the reasons for the company’s …

The ‘Coldplay Incident’: Work and Private Life

Last summer, a woman and a man were embracing blissfully at a Coldplay concert when they were caught by a ‘kiss cam’, a camera that is used in concerts to …

EEOC sued after trashing disparate impact probes

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is facing a lawsuit from a former Amazon worker after announcing the closing of all disparate impact claim investigations.  An internal memo sent …

Trans EEOC director faced discrimination on the job, judge rules

Aformer Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) employee who sued the agency for trans discrimination was wrongfully denied access to unemployment benefits, an administrative judge has ruled, in the first step …

SECTION 301 INVESTIGATION REPORT ON NICARAGUA’S ACTS, POLICIES, AND PRACTICES RELATED TO LABOR RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, AND THE RULE OF LAW

As set out in this Report, the Ortega-Murillo regime is engaged in unreasonable acts, policies, and practices that burden and restrict commercial opportunities for U.S. companies in Nicaragua. Nicaragua engages …

White House Weighs Fresh Nicaragua Tariffs Over Human Rights

The US is weighing imposing new tariffs on imports from Nicaragua or cutting the country off from benefits under a free trade deal, the White House’s Office of the US Trade …

Labor Unions, EFF Sue Trump Administration to Stop Ideological Surveillance of Free Speech Online

The United Automobile Workers (UAW), Communications Workers of America (CWA), and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) filed a lawsuit today against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their …

En noviembre se presenta reforma de jornada laboral: Claudia Sheinbaum

La presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo anunció que en noviembre de este año se presentará la propuesta de reforma para reducir la jornada laboral a 40 horas. La mandataria aseguró que ya hay un …

México incumple obligaciones laborales del T-MEC: IMLEB

El reciente informe del Independent Mexico Labor Expert Board (IMLEB) concluyó que México no está en pleno cumplimiento de sus obligaciones laborales bajo el Tratado entre México, Estados Unidos y …

Newsom signs bill transferring NLRB powers to California agency

California Governor Gavin Newsom has actioned a bill transferring certain powers from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to the state’s Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) as the federal agency …