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In 2019, Gate Gourmet catered for five million flights and more than 700 million passengers globally. (File photo)
A global aviation catering company which claimed more than $1.5 million in Covid-19 wage subsidies is challenging a decision which found it breached employment law by not paying staff minimum
Uber attorney Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. said that “Uber would have to turn into a different company” if the ruling went through. “That is a drastic thing to order.”
The judges also questioned the attorney representing the state on its case that Uber and Lyft are out of compliance with
Jobs didn’t get much worse in September, but they stopped getting better.
This is a tale of where the recovery road for the US economy ended. Unemployment is the crux of the COVID crisis economic story. While jobs showed a little improvement in September, a little digging through the numbers
Irwin Mitchell collect their 2019 award for Employment Law Firm of the Year.
The tightly contested Employment Law Firm of the Year Award recognises innovation, performance and client service in employment law teams’ work for their HR clients. The judges will also consider proactive advice provided for clients as well
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Some politicians — pro-administration and anti-administration — and organized farmers have recently stepped up the call for amending the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL). This comes in the face of what they claim as a drop in fresh palay (unmilled rice) prices to as low as P12
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Racism remains a controversial and sensitive topic in South Africa and such behaviour should not be tolerated in any working environment…
What the Labour Court says about racism
In the case
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Cows don’t work eight-hour days and so neither do the men and women who milk them. Dairies operate round the clock, often with two or three milkings a day. Dairy workers, often immigrants from Latin American, can work in excess of
ARLINGTON — Courtney Normand and Mindie Wirth agree there’s value in teaching sex education in Washington’s public schools.
But the two Snohomish County mothers disagree sharply on a new state law mandating comprehensive sex education in every district’s curriculum in every grade, starting in kindergarten.
It’s propelled them into the
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Yan Law announced that he is resigning as the head coach of Mohammedan Sporting Club amid the ongoing I-League qualifiers in Kolkata right after their 4-1 win over ARA FC on Sunday. Mohammedan, who have six points from two games so far, have two more matches
The EEOC stated that “employees with disabilities were repeatedly denied reasonable accommodations, including assistive devices, modified work schedules, and reassignment.”
Instead of engaging in the interactive process and discussing and providing accommodations, the EEOC claims the health care company forced employees to quit.
The EEOC also announced another case, this
New Delhi: The Centre has notified two orders specifying that 11 central laws will immediately come into effect in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir while nomenclature of 10 state laws will be changed in view of the change of status of the erstwhile state.
In a 136-page notification,
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By John Logan, San Francisco State University
American companies have been very successful at preventing their workers from organizing into unions in recent decades, one of the reasons unionization in the private sector is at a record low.
What you may not realize is that a handful of little-known
Thousands of protestors have turned out this week in city streets across Indonesia. They oppose a new law that went into effect this week affecting many parts of the country’s economy.
The focus of the nationwide protests is the “Job Creation Law” — which took effect on Monday. But employment
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz reminds investors of the upcoming October 13, 2020 deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in the class action filed on behalf of investors who acquired Eastman Kodak Company (“Kodak” or “the Company”) (NYSE: KODK) securities between July 27,
Indonesian workers took strike action across the country on October 6–7 against a new employment law the government argues will “attract foreign investment”.
Masses of angry workers and students walked out, shut down workplaces and flooded the streets to oppose the neoliberal employment law that reduces wages, removes entitlements, erodes
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An Uber Technologies Inc. engineer said Tuesday he is taking a
Some young children earn millions of dollars through social media influencing and promotion, but there’s little legislation or protection for most. A new law in France aims to try to safeguard children under the age of 16, protecting their finances and providing some privacy.
The legislation, which was passed unanimously
On September 30, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed California Senate Bill 973 into law as Government Code Title 2, Division 3, Part 2.8, Chapter 10, § 12999. The bill authored by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (Santa Barbara) is titled “Employers: annual report: pay data,” and it
(Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co said that its diversity initiatives comply with federal employment laws after it received a letter from the U.S. Labor Department questioning whether the steps were unlawful
The ballot measure, known as Proposition 22, would establish drivers as an independent class of workers with access to limited job benefits, along with wage and worker protections they’ve so far lacked under the gig economy model. Labor groups and many of driver advocates say the companies’ efforts, however, do
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CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — Philip Woodson opened the mail to find out someone else had applied for unemployment benefits in his name.
CBS 2’s Tara Molina is Working for Chicago and bringing concerns to the Illinois Department of Employment Security for answers, in
“Out there, various propaganda, hoaxes, misinformation, and also disinformation discredit the Job
Freeborn & Peters issued the following announcement on Sept. 30.
Freeborn & Peters LLP is pleased to announce that Meghan E. Tepas, a Partner in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group, is one of Law Bulletin Media’s 2020 40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty, which recognizes the “most talented young attorneys working
