“The Supreme Court has issued an interim order to the government to use the foreign employment welfare fund to repatriate Nepali workers living abroad in highly vulnerable conditions. The order …
Decreto Nacional 329 de 2020, en Argentina, prohibió despidos y suspensiones laborales durante la emergencia
El Decreto Nacional 329 expedido el 31 de marzo del 2020, en el marco de la emergencia pública en materia económica, financiera, fiscal, administrativa, previsional, tarifaria, energética, sanitaria y social, …
Argentina: La Cámara de Apelaciones avala despido de trabajador en periodo de prueba
El Decreto Nacional 329 de 2020 Prohibió en la Argentina los despidos y las suspensiones de personal por 60 días. Sin embargo un trabajador que había sido contratado, fue desvinculado …
Appeals court rejects AFL-CIO lawsuit over lack of COVID-19 labor protections
A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the AFL-CIO’s emergency lawsuit against the Trump administration for failing to enact stronger labor protections amid the coronavirus crisis. A three-judge panel on …
BLACK WORKERS SEE HIGHER RATES OF EMPLOYER RETALIATION FOR RAISING COVID SAFETY CONCERNS
In a national survey on workplace retaliation during the pandemic, Black workers were twice as likely as white workers to report that they or someone at work may have been …
Les usines asiatiques de Primark, Mango et Zara licencient-elles leurs employés syndiqués ?
“Plusieurs enseignes internationales, parmi lesquelles Primark, Mango, Zara et le groupe Bestseller enquêtent actuellement sur des échos de licenciements massifs de travailleurs syndiqués dans leurs chaînes d’approvisionnement respectives. Les défenseurs des droits des travailleurs …
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Informal work during the pandemic: when essential activities are the most precarious
“According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), two billion people – more than 61 per cent of the world’s employed population – work in the informal economy. Though their work, …