Speech by US Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard discussing the expansion of the “gig” economy

Speech by Governor Lael Brainard, member of the US Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System since 2014. Governor Brainard discusses the expansion of the “gig” economy and the risks/opportunities …

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF SUBSIDIARIES: Liability of Parent Companies for Human Rights Violations of Subsidiaries (Oct. 2016)

The article first describes the nature of multinational corporations and how their structure lends itself to limited liability in the context of supply chain accountability. The authors then turn to …

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‘Techtopus’: A Critical Analysis of the Silicon Valley Wage-Fixing Scandal

This article (in 5 Manchester Rev. L. Crime & Ethics 160 (2016)) examines the Silicon-Valley Wage-fixing scandal as a white-collar crime and an intersection between antitrust law and labor law. …

Derechos laborales en la economía de la plataforma: volver a lo básico

La situación laboral de los trabajadores para firmas de "economía de plataforma" como Uber, Lyft, TaskRabbit y Handy se ha convertido en un importante problema legal y político. Ley- demandas contra varias de estas empresas ...

Rhaman v. J C Penney Corp

Facts: On April 23, 2013, cracks were noticed in Rana Plaza, an eight-story commercial building in Savar, Bangladesh. The building was evacuated. An engineer declared Rana Plaza unsafe and requested a …

Las ambigüedades duraderas de la responsabilidad antimonopolio para el colectivo de trabajadores

Este artículo examina la regulación, por ley antimonopolio, de la acción colectiva de los trabajadores de bajos salarios que están clasificados como contratistas independientes y, por lo tanto, presuntamente no reciben el beneficio de ...

Dana v. Hershey Co., 180 F. Supp. 3d 652 (N.D. Cal. 2016)

Facts Plaintiffs claimed that Hershey violated CA’s Unfair Competition Law, Consumers Legal Remedies Act, and False Advertising Law by failing to disclose that the cocoa in some of its chocolate …

McCoy v. Nestlé USA, Inc., 173 F. Supp. 3d 954, 956 (ND Cal. 2016)

Problema: si la ley de California requiere que las corporaciones informen a los clientes de las cadenas de suministro que involucran la esclavitud y el trabajo infantil en sus envases de productos y publicidad en el punto de venta (no). Hechos: clase putativa ...

Hodsdon v. Mars, Inc., 162 F.Supp.3d 1016, No. 15–CV–04450–RS, 2016 WL 627383 (N.D.Cal. Feb. 17, 2016)

Facts “Consumer brought putative class action against manufacturer of chocolate products, alleging that manufacturer’s failure to disclose on its product labels that its suppliers used forced and child labor violated …

USA: Filipino teachers celebrate court victory in forced labour case

This is a press release reporting that a U.S. district court ordered a Los Angeles recruitment company to pay USD 4.5 million to 350 Filipino teachers for forced exploitive contracts. …

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