Employers Should Choose a Lane

mazon workers at the JFK8 fulfillment center in Staten Island are caught in a labor-law no-man’s land. Amazon has challenged the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in federal court, …

Volkswagen Opens Door to Challenging NLRB Regional Directors

Volkswagen Group of America Inc. expanded the courtroom attack on the National Labor Relations Board’s constitutionality, newly targeting officials who are critical to the agency’s administration and enforcement of workers’ …

California appeals court jettisons Blue Origin arbitration agreement

The California Court of Appeals has shot down an arbitration clause used in space technology company Blue Origin’s employee contracts, halting its efforts to force a harassment complaint out of …

California: Garment Labels Liable for Wages

“GARMENT WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA SINCE 2022 may collect their wages, not merely from the production facility that employs them, but alternatively from the garment labels and some retailers for whom …

Trump tariff threats should spur UK to ban forced labor, say Labour MPs

Keir Starmer’s government needs to ban forced labor from nations like China as a probe of U.K. supply chains by the Trump administration threatens new tariffs, senior Labour lawmakers told …

Buenos Aires Supreme Court recognises gig workers as employees

The Buenos Aires Supreme Court of Justice has recognised delivery app workers as formal employees rather than independent contractors. The court determined that the platforms exercise control over delivery riders …

Lawyers urge federal ban on U.S. forced labour imports, cars built by prisoners

Human rights lawyers are calling on Ottawa to ban American imports that stem from forced labour linked to automotive firms using prisoner work in Alabama, under the same law meant …

Labor Department Proposal Makes It Easier for Firms to Avoid Liability for Contract Workers

Businesses can more easily avoid liability for overtime, minimum wage and other employment law violations alleged by their contract employees under a Department of Labor proposal announced this week. https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/04/24/labor-department-proposal-makes-it-easier-for-firms-to-avoid-liability-for-contract-workers/?slreturn=20260501041021

‘Uber for nurses’: gig-work apps lobby to deregulate healthcare, report finds

Billion-dollar tech platforms are aggressively pushing for deregulation of the “Uber for nursing” industry in an effort to expand gig work in the healthcare sector, according to a report published on Tuesday. …

PepsiCo’s captive audience meetings “coercive”, rules BC labour court

British Columbia’s Labour Relations Board has ruled that the Canadian branch of soft drinks giant PepsiCo violated provincial labour law by holding in-person “captive audience” meetings during a union organisation …