Proposed Class of Sheepherders Vindicated in Suit Against Western Range Association

Last week, a federal district court in the District of Nevada ruled in favor of a proposed class of migrant sheepherders who allege that an association of sheep ranches has colluded to …

Juzgado de Trabajo sentencia que Uber tiene relación laboral con sus choferes en Costa Rica

El Juzgado de Trabajo del Tercer Circuito Judicial de San José sentenció este lunes en primera instancia que la empresa Uber en Costa Rica tiene relación laboral con los choferes de su plataforma, al …

Workplace Data Is a Tool of Class Warfare

In September 2020 a Vice reporter discovered that Amazon was seeking to hire two “intelligence analysts” into its Global Security Operations division (GSO). The analysts would use data analytics and other tools to detect …

US (9th Cir. Ct): LYDIA OLSON; MIGUEL PEREZ; POSTMATES, INC., v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

The 9th Circuit appellate court reversed the district court’s dismissal of Uber’s lawsuit alleging AB 5 violates the Equal Protection Clause stating that it could plausibly be understood to do …

US to pay $6.5 million in lost wages owed to Mexican migrant workers

Some 13,000 Mexican migrant workers are owed $6.5 million in unpaid wages, according to a tweet from the United States Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs, which announced …

HECTOR CASTELLANOS v. State of California et al

Here is the full decision from the appellate court finding that Uber and Lyft drivers are independent contractors and Prop 22 in California is largely constitutional. https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/A163655.PDF

US (California) court rules Uber and Lyft workers are contractors

A US court has ruled that “gig” economy giants including Uber and Lyft can continue treating their workers as independent contractors in the state of California. The California appeals court …

Starbucks committed ‘egregious’ violations in battling union, judge rules

Starbucks committed “egregious and widespread” violations of federal labor law while trying to halt union campaigns, a federal administrative law judge ruled Tuesday, and ordered the coffee giant to give …

Flexible work without exploitation

Reversing tech companies’ state-by-state agenda to unravel workers’ rights and misclassify workers as ‘contractors’ in the gig economy and beyond “Digital platform companies like Uber, Lyft, Instacart, and DoorDash are …

Teleworkers’ short breaks are compensable FLSA time, DOL says

Short breaks of fewer than 20 minutes taken by hourly, non-exempt employees who telework or must be counted as compensable time under the Fair Labor Standards Act — as is the case …

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