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Truck Driver Misclassification: Climate, Labor, and Environmental Justice Impacts

California has passed and continues to develop new policies designed to accelerate the adoption of low- and zero-emissions vehicles in the commercial trucking subsector.  These policies set increasingly stringent emissions …

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New York Law: A5618/S1040 amending the New York State Human Rights Law in relation to prohibiting employers from discriminating against victims of domestic violence

The Amendment broadens the definition of “victim of domestic violence” to make it consistent with the Domestic Violence Prevention Act (NY Soc. Serv. L § 459-A). In addition, although the …

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Buenos Aires judge bans delivery apps after road accidents spike

“When a courier delivering a takeaway in Buenos Aires was hit by a car, the company’s response was not to check how he was, but to ask: “How is the …

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. …

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