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Class Action Lawsuit filed by STIEEC & SINDLUZ v. ESS – ENERGISA SUL-SUDESTE – DISTRIBUIDORA DE ENERGIA S.A.

SUBJECT: RIGHT TO LIFE AND HEALTH. LACK OF PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST THE NEW CORONAVIRUS IN THE WORKPLACE. VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE OF HUMAN DIGNITY. STIEEC and SINDLUZ filed a …

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Class Action Suit Filed by SENGE/PR et al. v. COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA S.A

SUBJECT: RIGHT TO LIFE AND HEALTH. LACK OF PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST THE NEW CORONAVIRUS IN THE WORKPLACE. VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE OF HUMAN DIGNITY. Here is the complaint in …

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Desafíos de la Covid-19 en América Latina: la región más desigual del mundo”

“Un artículo reciente de una periodista paraguaya citaba a varias personas que reaccionaron negativamente a un mensaje viral en Twitter en el que se capturaba a un adolescente de 14 años …

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A CBA By Women, For Women: Demographics, Identity, and the New WNBA-WNBPA CBA

The workplace benefits historically marginalized groups enjoy from unionization are well-documented. For example, according to 2019 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, unionized female employees earn 29% more than …

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State AGs Demand That Amazon Tell Them How Many Warehouse Workers Have Died From COVID-19

A group of state attorneys general demanded in a written letter that Amazon disclose how many warehouse workers and Whole Foods employees have been infected with or died from the …

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Petition filed at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights by Brazilian unions

“The entities submitting this petition express their concern about the unhealthiness of a wide range of occupational sectors and how the improper classification of essential activities by the Federal Government …

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Peru: Decreto Legislativo N° 1499

El presente Decreto Legislativo tiene por objeto establecer diversas medidas para garantizar y fiscalizar la protección de los derechos sociolaborales de los/as trabajadores/as de la actividad privada y de los/as …

A Brief History of the Gig

“In early 2012, San Francisco taxi drivers began to raise the alarm at organizing meetings and city hearings about “bandit tech cabs” pilfering their fares. “I’ll sit at a hotel …

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RCWA v Smithfield Foods (ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS)

The District Court granted Smithfield’s Motion to Dismiss, finding that it should decline to hear this matter pursuant to the primary-jurisdiction doctrine to allow the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) …

Uber and Lyft Owe California $413 Million in Unemployment Insurance Taxes, Study Says

“A new report from the UC Berkeley Labor Center finds that Uber and Lyft avoided paying California $413 million in state unemployment insurance (SUI) taxes by misclassifying drivers as independent contractors …

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