Cargill settles discrimination suit with Muslim workers

Cargill Meat Solutions, law firm Rathod Mohamedbhai LLC and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced that they have reached a settlement to resolve Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges …

Rana Plaza, Loblaw, and the Disconnect Between Legal Formality and Corporate Social Responsibility

Canada’s largest retailer was a major buyer from factories in Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza when the building collapsed in 2013 killing 1,130 people. Most of the dead and injured were workers …

Une grève coordonnée dans les McDonald’s américains contre le harcèlement sexuel

Estimant que le groupe de restauration n’a pas une politique de lutte contre le harcèlement sexuel suffisamment efficace, des employés vont cesser le travail dans dix villes des Etats-Unis.   …

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Labor Board Moves Anew to Limit Employers’ Workplace Liability

McDonald’s workers plan strikes in 10 cities to protest sexual harassment

McDonald’s workers are planning to go on strike at restaurants in 10 cities across the country next week in an effort to get the company to strengthen its policies against sexual …

Mexico’s President-Elect Prepares Labor Overhaul to Empower Workers

MEXICO CITY—Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador is preparing legislation to overhaul the country’s collective-bargaining system to improve wages and help Mexico comply with labor-rights provisions of a recent trade …

Connecticut Court Holds That Refusing To Hire Medical Marijuana User Constitutes Employment Discrimination

A federal court in Connecticut has held that refusing to hire a medical marijuana user who tested positive on a pre-employment drug test violates the state’s medical marijuana law. The …

NOFFSINGER v. SSC NIANTIC OPERATING COMPANY, LLC d/b/a BRIDE BROOK NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER

Finding for worker who claimed employment discrimination under Connecticut’s medical marijuana law.  SSC required employees to pass a pre-employment drug test.  The workers reported that she used marijuana outside of …

New Delaware Law Broadens Protections for Workers Against Sexual Harassment

On August 29, 2018, Delaware Governor John Carney signed into law House Bill 360, which significantly broadens protections for Delaware workers against sexual harassment. The new law: (1) expands the types …

Work-life balance, precarious workers, a focus for revamp of federal labour code

Restoring a work-life balance and better protections for part-time and temporary workers will be among the key focuses of a planned rewrite of Canada’s federal labour rules which are to …

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