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Local protections for vulnerable employees have changed in the months since the coronavirus pandemic hit Philly, thanks in part to lobbying from gig and other low-wage workers.
As part of the City of Philadelphia’s 36th annual Minority Enterprise Development Week — the event series offering info for minority entrepreneurs on
The Trump administration is tightening up an employment-based visa program that allows highly skilled foreign workers to come to the United States, arguing the changes are necessary following shocks to the labor market caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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(Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc together are spending nearly $100 million on a November California ballot initiative to overturn a state law that would compel them to classify drivers as employees.
Total All Unemployment Claims
Personal income fell -2.7% in August. Still, consumer spending rose 1.0% M/M. What Gives?
The economy is still very much an employment story. While the official U3 unemployment rate fell to 7.9% from 8.4%, the underlying data was, simply put, “ugly!”
“Excess” Savings
Michigan is on the cusp of major changes to the state’s expungement laws that could result in thousands of residents getting prior criminal records sealed from public view.
“Clean Slate” legislation designed to expand expungement options for people who have gone several years without committing another offense passed the Michigan
JAKARTA: Angry Indonesian activists took to the streets on Tuesday, a day after parliament rushed to pass into law the controversial Omnibus bill on job creation, which government officials say will lure more investments to the country, but protestors argue will promote a “contemporary form of slavery.”
“Both the House
Gig workers already lost once under Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In her August opinion for the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Barrett ruled against Grubhub food delivery drivers who proposed a class action claim against the company demanding minimum wage
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Aruna Roy is one of those rare activists who has successfully straddled the multiple worlds of grassroots activism as well as policymaking. She is known for her pioneering work in bringing a
Opponents say the new law allows contractors to remain in place for life and weakens environmental protections.
Indonesian workers have launched protests in several cities to oppose the passage of a controversial new jobs law that the government says is vital to attract investment but critics view as too pro-business.
A bill recently signed into law in California will require private employers to submit annual “pay data reports” to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”) beginning in March 2021. The California law implements a previously announced program rolled back by the Trump administration to expand federal reporting requirements
Toronto, Oct. 05, 2020
Amendments to Thailand’s Labour Protection Act (LPA) on May 5, 2019, ushered in significant changes to a variety of labour laws, resulting in increased statutory severance pay, increased maternity leave benefits, implementation of paid necessary business leave, changes in wage payments during temporary suspension of business, interest payments for non-payment
A group of churches and private schools, as well as one pregnancy center, have sued Virginia over a recently enacted law extending anti-discrimination employment protections to include
Flouting longstanding parliamentary norms and procedures, the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government rammed a half-dozen blatantly pro-corporate farmer and labour “reform” laws through an abbreviated “Monsoon session” of India’s parliament last month.
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PUTRAJAYA, Oct 6 — The Federal Court today dismissed a Malaysian man’s bid to remain anonymous and not be named
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Sangrur/Samana: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was ‘finishing’ farmers and labourers with the three farm laws introduced recently just as he had “destroyed” small shopkeepers with demonetisation and implementation of GST. Intensifying his attack on the Centre, he
The first person charged under Hong Kong’s controversial national security law could be facing a very long stretch behind bars if convicted, after prosecutors moved his case to a higher court with no sentencing cap.
Defendant Tong Ying-kit was brought to West Kowloon Court for the second time on Tuesday,
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Even as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi described the Narendra Modi government’s controversial farm laws as an “attack on India’s soul”, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday said his government is going to
Uber and Lyft together are spending nearly $100 million on Proposition 22, a November California ballot initiative to overturn a controversial state law that
By Tina Bellon
Oct 5 (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc UBER.N and Lyft Inc LYFT.O together are spending nearly $100 million on a November California ballot initiative to overturn a state law that would compel them to classify drivers as employees.
That sum looks less huge, however, than the
Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. together are spending nearly $100 million on a November California ballot initiative to overturn a state law that would compel them to classify drivers as employees.
That sum looks less huge, however, than the potential costs of complying with the existing law, according to
An insult-laden spat at a London pub that strained relations between U.S. and British law-enforcement agencies is at the center of a employment tribunal lawsuit against the UK Serious Fraud Office.
Tom Martin, an investigator at the SFO, was fired over the 2016 bust up after allegedly calling his counterpart
Uber and Lyft together are spending nearly $100 million on a November California ballot initiative to overturn a state law that would compel them to classify drivers as employees.
That sum looks less huge, however, than the potential costs of complying with the existing law, according to a Reuters analysis.
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Priti Patel may have to give evidence at an employment tribunal over claims she forced out the Home Office’s most senior civil servant.
The Home Secretary has been accused of bullying staff and allowing a press briefing campaign against Sir Philip Rutnam, who resigned as the department’s permanent secretary in
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