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High Court of Australia

Platform Workers

Employee or contractor? Australia’s High Court resets “multifactorial test”

Medical exam

Disputes

An independent medical exam is for more than “garden-variety” emotional distress damages

Face mask sign on a bus stop in London

Covid-19

As covid restrictions in England end, what are the implications for employers?

The Beehive, New Zealand's Parliament building,

Remuneration

New Zealand’s minimum wage increase criticised by struggling employers

Container ship

Harassment

Masculine maritime industry puts women seafarers at greater risk of bullying and harassment

IBM

Discrimination

IBM execs discussed making older workers “extinct”, emails reveal

Uyghur laborers at cotton harvest near Qiemo-Cherchen town

Human Rights

US backs ILO findings of discriminatory practices in Xinjiang

Gas pump

Harassment

Illinois firm subjected female worker to customer’s unwanted sexual advances, EEOC charges

Top of Petronas Twin Towers

Politics

Malaysia urged to radically reform labour laws as economy recovers

Walmart

Discrimination

New mother denied Walmart promotion, EEOC allege in gender and race suit

Care home

Whistleblowing

Orpea care-home group faces two-pronged whistleblower scandal

Cocoa beans

Human Rights

Child labour in chocolatier’s supply chain shows critical need for corporate due diligence