Last week, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (the “Board”) released an historic decision on the “Gig Economy,” finding that food couriers working for Foodora are entitled to unionize. The decision was released …
ALI RAZAK; KENAN SABANI; KHALDOUN CHERDOUD, et. al v. UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
This case is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of Uber on the question of whether drivers for UberBLACK are employees or independent contractors within the …
UberBlack Drivers’ Classification Case Revived by 3rd Cir.
UberBLACK drivers in Pennsylvania convinced the Third Circuit to revive their lawsuit alleging that they’re Uber Technologies Inc. employees entitled to minimum wages and overtime based on the control the …
Eritreans can sue company in Canada for alleged abuses overseas
TORONTO — Canada’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a Vancouver-based mining firm can be sued in a Canadian court for alleged complicity in human rights abuses overseas — a …
Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya
A lawsuit against a Canadian company for violations of customary international law in Eritrea can go forward, the Supreme Court has ruled. Eritrea is a country in east Africa. It has …
State of New York v Scalia, Secretary of Labor
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia allege that the Department of Labor’s new joint-employer rule, which is set to take effect March 16, is arbitrary and capricious under the …
New York, 16 Other States Sue Over DOL Joint-Employer Rule
A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general asked a federal judge to block a recent Labor Department regulation that narrows the circumstances in which multiple businesses share liability for wage …
New Rule Makes It Harder to Challenge Labor Practices
The National Labor Relations Board announced a new regulation on Tuesday that makes it harder to challenge companies over their labor practices, potentially affecting the rights of millions of workers. …
The NLRB’s Final Joint-Employer Rule Moves Labor Law Backwards
Tomorrow the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will formally publish a final rule codifying an employer-friendly test for determining whether an employer can escape liability for labor law violations by franchising and …
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Combatting Forced Labor and Enforcing Workers’ Rights Using the Tariff Act
This briefing paper by the International Labor Rights Forum discusses how U.S. trade policy, embodied in Section 307, can help prevent Americans’ complicity with the forced labor economy. It primarily …