Redefining workers in the platform economy: lessons from the Foodora bunfight

Had Foodora’s Australian operations not already gone into voluntary administration, the November 16 decision of the Fair Work Commission might well have finished the food-delivery company off. The commission upheld former courier Josh …

Samsung Electronics vows to pay compensation for ill workers by 2028

Samsung Electronics made an official apology and vowed to compensate workers for work-related illnesses such as leukemia from its local chips and display factory. This has been a long dispute …

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Angestellter, Auftragnehmer oder etwas anderes? Drücken Sie, um die Gig Economy zu regulieren

Ein Lebensmittelunternehmen und eine mächtige Gewerkschaft haben alternative Methoden zur Regulierung der Gig-Economy-Arbeiter vorgeschlagen, um langwierige Gerichtsstreitigkeiten zu vermeiden, ob sie wirklich Angestellte sind und nicht unabhängig sind.

Indonesia’s Domestic Workers Need Urgent Protection

Indonesia’s domestic workers need legal protection at national legislation level. Protection of domestic workers’ bill, known as RUU PRT, was drafted in 2004 but has not been enacted until now. …

‘Uber Eats and Deliveroo should be very worried’: Ruling to reshape gig economy

Australia’s gig economy could be reshaped by a finding that a former Foodora delivery rider, unfairly dismissed, was an employee, not an independent contractor. Experts say the ruling last week by the …

Leaders vow zero cost jobs for migrant workers

Government officials and ministers from 12 labour source countries including Nepal have agreed to work together to relieve migrant workers from recruitment cost that they have to bear while applying …

Joshua Klooger gegen Foodora Australia Pty Ltd

Holding: [121] Dieser Antrag auf Ablehnung der missbräuchlichen Ablehnung hat die Frage, ob der Antragsteller ein Angestellter oder ein unabhängiger Auftragnehmer war, erheblich geprüft und entschieden. Nach eingehender Prüfung aller…

Thousands of Myanmar migrants return home from Thailand amid crackdown

Thousands of Myanmar migrant workers have been returning from Thailand as Bangkok intensified a crackdown on illegal workers, according a statement from the Myanmar Ministry of Home Affairs. “Migrants who …

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Mitarbeiter von N.Korean sucht die strafrechtliche Verfolgung niederländischer Schiffsbauer wegen Arbeitsmissbrauchs

Ein nordkoreanischer Arbeiter hat eine wegweisende Strafanzeige gegen ein niederländisches Schiffbauunternehmen eingereicht, das angeblich vom Missbrauch von Arbeitern in seiner Lieferkette in Polen profitiert und…

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Two years after migrants working for global electronics firms in Malaysia complained of labour abuses, change seems slow

Two years after migrants working for global electronics firms in Malaysia complained of labour abuses, change seems slow. Think of your favourite gadgets and appliances, and it’s likely some of them …

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