Time to deliver on gig economy worker rights

It has been 10 years since Uber arrived in Australia. While there have always been independent contractors that work on demand, the launch of the app-based ride-hailing business triggered a …

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Uber Eats riders’ families launch legal battle for compensation after deaths

The transport union has launched legal proceedings in an attempt to force the NSW state insurer to pay compensation for the deaths of two Uber Eats riders who were killed …

Fiji becomes first Pacific nation to recognise waste pickers as the world’s invisible environmentalists fight to be seen

Tikitoro’s children are often made fun of and her family faces stigma and harassment daily because of her work. For two years, she has provided for her family by sorting through …

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Fashion Brands Have Failed to Protect Workers in Military-Ruled Myanmar

The military’s seizure of power has created a climate in which even carrying out human rights due diligence is next to impossible. “We want the brands to know that workers …

NLRC orders foodpanda to pay 7 dismissed delivery riders in Davao

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The Regional Arbitration Branch (RAB-XI) of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) in the Davao Region found foodpanda Philippines Incorporated (FP) guilty of terminating the employment …

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Myanmar: Time for fashion brands to exit?

Fashion brands should urgently consider moving production out of Myanmar if they cannot guarantee protection for garment workers in the country’s factories, says a new report. Workers are facing a …

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India: Migrants Important In Nation-Building, Their Rights Cannot Be Ignored: Supreme Court

New Delhi: Migrants play a very vital role in building the nation and their rights cannot be ignored at all, the Supreme Court said Thursday while asking the Centre to devise …

NZ judgment on Uber will resonate worldwide

Uber operates a ‘brilliant and thorough’ system for controlling its drivers, the Employment Court has heard. Rebecca Macfie reports. Uber’s relationship with its 6000-or so New Zealand drivers is one …

NZ judgment on Uber will resonate worldwide

Uber’s relationship with its 6000-or so New Zealand drivers is one of servility, intense control and oppressive provisions, the court heard in final submissions in a major case seeking to …

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Bangladesh launches employment injury scheme for garment workers

Bangladesh’ ministry of labour and employment launched a pilot for an employment injury scheme in collaboration with the International Labour Organization. The scheme will cover the country’s four million ready-made …

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