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Tag: labour law

As dusk falls in Washington on Fridays, the firings begin

05/04/2025 - Leave a Comment

Mary Glantz was in her room at a Hampton Inn in Columbia, South Carolina, last Friday night during a trip visiting friends when her phone began pinging furiously with messages …

As dusk falls in Washington on Fridays, the firings begin Read More

‘Tragic Outcome’ for Gig Workers as California Supreme Court Hands Win to Uber, DoorDash

26/07/2024 - Leave a Comment

Labor advocates on Thursday decried a ruling by the California Supreme Court upholding a lower court’s affirmation of a state ballot measure allowing app-based ride and delivery companies to classify …

‘Tragic Outcome’ for Gig Workers as California Supreme Court Hands Win to Uber, DoorDash Read More

Amazon hit with fresh strikes in ‘huge blow’ after second bid for union recognition

16/03/2024 - Leave a Comment

Amazon workers will take further strike action this month in an ongoing dispute with the delivery giant for better pay, conditions and union rights.  It follows on from the GMB …

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Renewables are exacerbating modern slavery — how businesses can act

18/08/202318/08/2023 - Leave a Comment

When Mahendra Pandey was a teenager, he traveled from his home country of Nepal to Saudi Arabia for work. He said his passport was confiscated upon arrival, and he was …

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H&M probes alleged Myanmar factory abuses as pressure intensifies

18/08/2023 - Leave a Comment

H&M, the world’s second-largest fashion retailer, is investigating 20 alleged instances of labour abuse at Myanmar garment factories that supply it, Reuters news agency has reported, just weeks after Zara-owner Inditex, the …

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Home Office paying asylum seekers £1 an hour to clean detention centres

24/02/2023 - Leave a Comment

The Home Office has paid asylum seekers £1 an hour to carry out more than a million hours of work in the past five years, openDemocracy can reveal. The government …

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non-compete agreements

Biden is targeting non-compete agreements with an executive order.

14/07/2021 - Leave a Comment

Workers of all stripes—from brewers to chefs to fast-food employees—are subject to non-compete agreements, which can restrict their ability to find new jobs or start their own businesses. The Biden …

Biden is targeting non-compete agreements with an executive order. Read More

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