The Senate Committee that is looking into Australia’s gig economy published its fourth interim report on February 11, suggesting that more changes are needed to protect contractors from exploitation in on-demand platforms such as Uber. “There will always be a place for genuine independent contractors...
More than 6,100 Amazon employees at an Alabama warehouse are set to take their second vote to unionize on Friday (Feb. 4), The Wall Street Journal reported. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), an independent federal agency created by Congress to assure fair labor practices,...
The National Labor Relations Board, a U.S. federal independent agency which oversees union activity and workers’ rights, on Monday (Dec. 27) launched an invitation to the public to submit briefs addressing whether the agency should reconsider its standard for determining the independent contractor status of...
McDonald’s is currently embroiled in a legal battle that finds the fast food giant fighting to remain disassociated, at the corporate level, from responsibility for labor practices at its U.S. franchises. A number of behind-the-scenes practices have emerged during the proceedings that cast the home...
August 22, 2024
Amazon is reportedly under scrutiny as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) concluded that a group of subcontracted delivery drivers in Southern California were employees of Amazon itself. The labor board prosecutors also determined that Amazon violated federal labor law by making illegal threats and refusing to negotiate with the workers after they organized with […]
February 02, 2022
More than 6,100 Amazon employees at an Alabama warehouse are set to take their second vote to unionize on Friday (Feb. 4), The Wall Street Journal reported. The National Labor...
December 29, 2021
The National Labor Relations Board, a U.S. federal independent agency which oversees union activity and workers’ rights, on Monday (Dec. 27) launched an invitation to the public to submit briefs...
