Transgender Americans still face workplace discrimination despite some progress and support of companies like Apple

Activist Gwendolyn Ann Smith founded Transgender Day of Remembrance on Nov. 20 to honor the memory of those whose lives were lost due to trans prejudice and hatred. In that spirit of …

Top Kentucky court upholds state’s ‘right-to-work’ law

The Kentucky Supreme Court has upheld the state’s so-called “right-to-work” law, which makes it illegal to require workers to join unions and bars the collection of fees from private-sector workers …

Brazil Case Law: TST-AIRR-11751-62.2015.5.01.0015

In this case, the Brazilian Higher Labor Court (TST) confirmed the decision that the plaintiff was a victim of discriminatory dismissal as a result of her pregnancy. According to the …

Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido

The Supreme Court held unanimously that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) applies to state and local government employers regardless of their size, resolving a split among the Circuit …

Google Drops Forced Arbitration of Sexual-Harassment Claims

Google has ended forced arbitration of sexual harassment claims by employees, as it tries to quell an internal storm over the way it buried earlier cases involving senior executives. https://www.ft.com/content/ce3c11ec-e37e-11e8-a6e5-792428919cee

Brazil judicial decision: supply chain violations – Case number: TRT-RO-0001662-91.2012.5.02.0003

The Regional Labor Court of São Paulo (TRT-2) confirmed the decision (Case number: TRT-RO-0001662-91.2012.5.02.0003) that held the Spanish fashion retailer Zara accountable for workers’ rights violation in its supply chain. The …

La cita de Uber a la corte pone la mayor prueba a la economía colaborativa

Tan solo unos meses después de que Uber Technologies Inc. persuadiera a un juez de Londres para que le permitiera seguir operando en la ciudad, la compañía de transporte privado …

Droit à la syndicalisation et la négociation collective – 25 000 femmes soulignent les 10 ans d’un jugement sans précédent de la Cour supérieure

MONTRÉAL, le 30 oct. 2018 /CNW Telbec/ – Le 31 octobre marque le 10e anniversaire d’un jugement notable rendu par la juge Danielle Grenier de la Cour supérieure en 2008, qui a permis à plus de …

Libertad sindical y contratación colectiva serán ejes de la Reforma Laboral

Los ejes de la reforma constitucional a la Ley Federal de Trabajo, en los próximos días se presentará al Congreso de la Unión la propuesta de reforma a las leyes …

Why Pregnancy Discrimination Still Matters

As evidenced by last year’s infamous Google memo, there somehow still exist those who’ll defend sex and gender-based discrimination with claims of supposedly innate differences (like men being more logical, …

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