This week, John and seven other Brazilian workers – all identified simply as John Doe 1-8 for fear of retaliation – filed a civil lawsuit in the US against Starbucks, …
A landmark ruling will tackle the gender pay gap for thousands of workers
The Fair Work Commission has found award pay rates in five industrial awards covering a range of female-dominated occupations and industries do not provide equal pay. The commission proposed significant …
Filipino Workers Say FEMA Contractor Cheated Them On Pay
A construction company with $88 million worth of Federal Emergency Management Agency contracts recruited 17 Filipino workers, promising fair wages and free housing, but instead cheated them out of pay and …
EU Commission faces complaint over easing of sustainability rules
Climate and human rights campaigners filed a complaint against the European Commission on Friday, accusing the EU executive of weakening sustainability laws without first consulting the public about the changes …
Govt to classify ride hailing drivers as micro business
The government plans to include app-based ride-hailing drivers in the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) category, which would make them eligible for a series of incentives. MSMEs Minister Maman …
Thailand’s auditing industry fails to protect migrant workers: activists
When Shwe Lin heard that an auditing firm was visiting the garment factory where she worked in the Thai border town of Mae Sot to inspect labor conditions there, she …
Legal definition of woman is based on biological sex, UK supreme court rules
The UK supreme court has ruled that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex, in a victory for gender-critical campaigners. …
Supreme Court Removes Board Member Gwynne Wilcox
Gwynne Wilcox’s on-again-off-again status as a Board member is back off. The Supreme Court issued a one-page order on April 9 staying the decision of the D.C. District Court to …
Germany’s New Coalition Government Eliminates Sustainability Due Diligence Law
Germany’s conservative CDU and CSU parties and the center-left SPD announced a deal for the formation of a new government, and released a coalition agreement that includes the immediate elimination …
USC Follows Amazon and Musk’s SpaceX in Calling Labor Board Unconstitutional
The University of Southern California is attempting to block faculty from forming a union with an argument pushed by SpaceX and Amazon: that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional. …
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