Officials have estimated that there are 50,000 street vendors in Los Angeles, and selling on the city’s sidewalks is often the first profession for newly arrived immigrants. On the streets, many …
Whitmer takes aim at gender pay gap for state workers
LANSING — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive directive Tuesday aimed at curbing the wage gap between men and women working in state government. Hiring managers at state departments and agencies may no …
AN ACT CONCERNING BASIC LABOR STANDARDS FOR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY DRIVERS.
The bill, before the General Assembly of Connecticut, would provide basic labor standards for transportation network company drivers including by requiring drivers to receive seventy-five per cent of the money …
BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES OF CALIFORNIA, INC. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
The D.C. Circuit Court upheld (2-1) the NLRB’s 2015 decision in which it articulated a joint-employer standard which considered not only direct control over the employees’ terms and conditions of …
Supreme Court set to hear Nevsun Resources case on Eritrea human rights abuses
The future of the Canadian resource industry hangs in the balance as the Supreme Court of Canada prepares to hear a high-profile case accusing Canadian miner Nevsun Resources Ltd. of …
Das v. George Weston Limited, 2018 ONCA 1053
On December 20, 2018, the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed the decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissing a claim brought on behalf of workers injured in the …
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