San Diego Closer to Win on Making Instacart Reclassify Workers

Instacart will likely have to reclassify its full-time Shoppers as employees rather than independent contractors, after a state court judge issued a tentative ruling Friday morning granting San Diego’s request …

BILL: BILL C-423 An Act respecting the fight against certain forms of modern slavery through the imposition of certain measures and amending the Customs Tariff

This enactment enacts the Modern Slavery Act, which imposes an obligation on certain entities to report on the measures taken to prevent and reduce the risk that forced labour or child …

STF atende Petrobras e mantém decisão contra greve dos funcionários

O presidente do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), ministro Dias Toffoli, atendeu nesta quarta-feira um pedido da Petrobras e manteve uma decisão do Tribunal Superior do Trabalho (TST) contra a greve …

Judge orders thousands of DoorDash cases to arbitration, costing delivery company millions

A federal judge ordered San Francisco food-delivery company DoorDash to arbitrate over 5,000 actions brought by its delivery drivers in a move that could cost the company millions of dollars. …

Lydia Olson, et al. v. State of California, et al.

On January 8, 2020, Plaintiffs Lydia Olson, Miguel Perez, Postmates Inc. (“Postmates”), and Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”) filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction requesting that the Court enjoin the enforcement …

Uber Urges California Court to End Law That Gives Gig Workers Benefits

Uber Technologies Inc. wants to smother what the company calls California’s “Frankenstein” gig-worker protection law before state officials turn it loose.  Uber and Postmates Inc. are scheduled Friday to ask a federal …

Ringing the Alarm at the NLRB

Since the National Labor Relations Board’s takeover by Trump appointees, the NLRB, led by Chairman John Ring, has departed from its mission and historical practice, has issued decisions that fail …

BILL: H.R.2474 – Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019

This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act and related labor laws to extend protections to union workers. Specifically, it revises the definition of “employee” and “supervisor” to prevent employers …

House Democrats Poised To Pass Major Labor Reforms Boosting Unions

The House is set to vote Thursday on a sweeping plan to overhaul U.S. workplace law in a way that could grow union membership and rejuvenate an ailing labor movement. …

Uber wins appeal in Brazil, court says drivers are not employees

A Brazilian higher court for labor ruled on Wednesday that there was no employment relationship between Uber and its drivers, siding with the ride-hailing company against a Sao Paulo driver. …

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