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 …
AFL-CIO President Urges Hong Kong to Withdraw Extradition Law and Respect the Right to Peaceful Assembly
On behalf of the 12.5 million members of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), I express our very deep concern with the proposed amendments to …
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 …
Uber drivers are not employees, Fair Work Ombudsman finds
The Fair Work Ombudsman has finalised its investigation into Uber and found its drivers to be independent contractors, not employees. Its decision confirms that Uber drivers are not entitled to …
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 …
Indonesia: Court rejects gay policeman’s legal challenge
The Semarang State Administrative Court in Central Java has rejected a lawsuit filed by a former police officer, identified only as TT, against the Central Java Police, which fired him …
International Lawyers Assisting Workers Network
c/o Solidarity Center
1130 Connecticut Ave, NW 8th Floor
Washington DC, 20036