Hacker News with Generative AI: Labor Rights

Finland Court: Food couriers are employees, not entrepreneurs (yle.fi)
Finland's Supreme Administrative Court has ruled that food couriers are employees, not self-employed entrepreneurs.

Employment Law, Labor Rights, Finland, Gig Economy, Food Delivery

7 points by stevekemp 16 days ago | 0 comments

Gig Companies Violate Workers Rights (hrw.org)
Major digital labor platforms, also known as gig companies, operating in the United States misclassify gig workers as independent contractors, denying them labor rights, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

Labor Rights, Gig Economy, Misclassification, Human Rights

152 points by Improvement 26 days ago | 93 comments

ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case (theintercept.com)
An immigration raid in western New York on Friday targeted a group of immigrants involved in a landmark statewide effort by farm workers to unionize.

Immigration, Labor Rights, Unions, Law Enforcement

23 points by _tk_ 31 days ago | 4 comments

A Billion-Dollar ICE Contractor Pays Detainees as Little as $1 a Day to Work (propublica.org)
GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept.

Immigration, Labor Rights, Human Rights, Law, Business

17 points by hn_acker 80 days ago | 4 comments

'So immoral': gig economy workers forced to pay fee to receive their wages (theguardian.com)
Retail assistants have accused a gig economy firm of “holding them to ransom” by making them pay a fee if they want to receive their wages within a month.

Gig Economy, Labor Rights, Exploitation, Wages, Technology

93 points by zfg 147 days ago | 101 comments

Belgian sex workers get unemployment, maternity leave, and health insurance (abc.net.au)

Social Issues, Belgium, Labor Rights, Sex Work

4 points by speckx 185 days ago | 0 comments

Belgium's sex workers get maternity leave and pensions under world-first law (bbc.com)

Social Policy, Belgium, Sex Work, Labor Rights, Europe

8 points by impish9208 189 days ago | 0 comments

21,000 Killed Working on Saudi Megaprojects During Construction: Report (newsweek.com)
Thousands of workers have reportedly been killed or have gone missing during the construction of several megaprojects in Saudi Arabia.

Construction, Saudi Arabia, Labor Rights, Accidents, Human Rights

5 points by dtquad 219 days ago | 1 comments

UK workers must keep all customer tips under new law (bbc.co.uk)
Staff must be given 100% of tips from customers under a new law which bans businesses from withholding gratuity payments.

UK Law, Labor Rights, Employment, Hospitality

23 points by mmarian 250 days ago | 84 comments

California companies wrote their own gig worker law. Now no one is enforcing it (apnews.com)
Nearly four years after California voters approved better wages and health benefits for ride-hailing drivers and delivery workers, no one is actually ensuring they are provided, according to state agencies, interviews with workers and a review of wage claims filed with the state.

Gig Economy, California Law, Labor Rights

83 points by agiacalone 276 days ago | 60 comments

Is 'No tax on tips' a distraction from the fight to end sub-minimum wages? (theguardian.com)

Politics, Economics, Labor Rights

127 points by howard941 284 days ago | 219 comments

50M people worldwide in modern slavery (ilo.org)

Modern Slavery, Labor Rights, Human Rights, Social Issues

17 points by vinnyglennon 327 days ago | 0 comments

China firm confines worker to 'small dark room' for 4 days with no power (scmp.com)

China, Labor Rights, Human Rights, Workplace Abuse

5 points by testrun 333 days ago | 0 comments

Police raids found Dior was using exploitative suppliers to produce luxury bags (businessinsider.com)