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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Companies Brace for Impact of New Forced Labor Law

Billions of dollars could be at stake as a law banning imports of some products from China goes into effect. A sweeping new law aimed at cracking down on Chinese …

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Family of Hungry Panda delivery rider killed at work awarded $834,000 in landmark decision

The family of a Hungry Panda delivery rider killed in Sydney in 2020 will receive more than $800,000 under the NSW workers’ compensation scheme, in what the union says is …

Migrant care workers came to help the UK. Now they’re trapped in debt bondage

Meera Stephen came to Britain with a big suitcase and even bigger dreams. The 27-year-old had left Kerala in south India to work at a care home in Manchester, one …

Australia: Uber calls for industry-wide earnings safety net for gig workers

Ride-share giant Uber is calling for standard, minimum rates of pay across Australia’s gig economy in a stance that will shift the debate over worker protections and shake up the …

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