Opinion: Employee or not? What the Uber decision means

After a two-year investigation into Uber’s work practices, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) last week announced it had concluded Uber drivers are independent contractors rather than employees. Unions across the …

El presidente de AFL-CIO exhorta a Hong Kong a retirar la ley de extradición y respetar el derecho de reunión pacífica

En nombre de los 12,5 millones de miembros de la Federación Americana del Trabajo y el Congreso de Organizaciones Industriales (AFL-CIO), expreso nuestra profunda preocupación por las enmiendas propuestas para ...

S. Korea: Supreme Court Decision 2019Du33712 Decided June 13, 2019 (the Standard and method of determining whether a person constitutes a worker under the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act)

Supreme Court Decision 2014Du12598, 12604 Decided June 15, 2018 Supreme Court Decision 2019Du33712 Decided June 13, 2019 1. Basic explanations about two decisions The two above mentioned decisions defines “the …

Using Law to Support Social Movement-Led Collective Bargaining Structures in Supply Chains

This article critically examines two specific examples of collective bargaining structures created by social movement actors to regulate working conditions across supply chains — the Fair Food Program and the …

Los conductores de Uber no son empleados, según el defensor del trabajo justo

El Defensor del pueblo de Fair Work finalizó su investigación de Uber y encontró que sus conductores son contratistas independientes, no empleados. Su decisión confirma que los conductores de Uber no tienen derecho a ...

Australia’s Fair Work Ombudsman finds Uber drivers are contractors: so what can unions do now?

Australia’s workplace enforcement agency, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO), today announced the conclusions of its two-year investigation into Uber’s engagement of drivers. In short, the FWO has determined that Uber …

The challenges of migration in Thailand

The transnational migration in Thailand started in the 18th and 19th centuries when the Chinese traders and migrants and other nationalities came to Thailand such as the Indian, Western, and …

Indonesia: Corte rechaza impugnación legal de policía gay

El Tribunal Administrativo Estatal de Semarang en Java Central rechazó una demanda presentada por un ex oficial de policía, identificado solo como TT, contra la Policía de Java Central, que lo despidió ...

Thailand: Fishing: Labour Protection in Fishing Industry B.E. 2562 (2019) becomes effective but there is criticism on some part regarding the unfairness to the employer (ประมง: พ.ร.บ.คุ้มครองแรงงานประมงมีผลประกาศใช้แล้ว แต่บางส่วนเห็นว่าไม่เป็นธรรมต่อนายจ้าง)

The news discussing the Labour Protection in Fishing Industry B.E. 2562 in terms of the cost on the employer’s side to comply with the regulations and the potential problems that …

Thailand: Labour Protection in Fishing Industry B.E. 2562 (2019) (พระราชบัญญัติ คุ้มครองแรงงานในงานประมง พ.ศ. ๒๕๖๒)

The new regulations regarding the labor protection in fishing industry in Thailand for both Thai and migrant workers. (Thai version) https://library2.parliament.go.th/giventake/content_nla2557/law136-220562-191.pdf

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