Sud v. Costco Wholesale Corp., 229 F. Supp. 3d 1075, 1079 (N.D. Cal. 2017)

Facts Plaintiff brought suit against Costco under the California’s Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”), Business and Professions Code sections 17200 et seq.; False Advertising Law (“FAL”), Business and Professions Code sections 17500 …

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Regulando la cadena de suministro humano

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 102, 2017  Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2914424 U.S. employers’ recruitment of migrant workers from abroad has created a global “human supply chain” that is …

Regulando la cadena de suministro humano

El artículo pone de relieve un grave déficit de gobernanza con respecto a las cadenas de suministro humano, que analiza las causas y los efectos nocivos de un mercado mundial de trabajo humano efectivamente no regulado. Este papel …

Transnationalizing Unions: The Case of the UAW and the IG Metall

This case study documents the Transnational Partnership Initiative between the United Auto Workers union in the United States and the IG Metall union in Germany. The two unions joined efforts …

Speech by US Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard discussing the expansion of the “gig” economy

Speech by Governor Lael Brainard, member of the US Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System since 2014. Governor Brainard discusses the expansion of the “gig” economy and the risks/opportunities …

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF SUBSIDIARIES: Liability of Parent Companies for Human Rights Violations of Subsidiaries (Oct. 2016)

The article first describes the nature of multinational corporations and how their structure lends itself to limited liability in the context of supply chain accountability. The authors then turn to …

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‘Techtopus’: A Critical Analysis of the Silicon Valley Wage-Fixing Scandal

This article (in 5 Manchester Rev. L. Crime & Ethics 160 (2016)) examines the Silicon-Valley Wage-fixing scandal as a white-collar crime and an intersection between antitrust law and labor law. …

Derechos laborales en la economía de la plataforma: volver a lo básico

La situación laboral de los trabajadores para firmas de "economía de plataforma" como Uber, Lyft, TaskRabbit y Handy se ha convertido en un importante problema legal y político. Ley- demandas contra varias de estas empresas ...

Rhaman v. J C Penney Corp

Facts: On April 23, 2013, cracks were noticed in Rana Plaza, an eight-story commercial building in Savar, Bangladesh. The building was evacuated. An engineer declared Rana Plaza unsafe and requested a …

Las ambigüedades duraderas de la responsabilidad antimonopolio para el colectivo de trabajadores

Este artículo examina la regulación, por ley antimonopolio, de la acción colectiva de los trabajadores de bajos salarios que están clasificados como contratistas independientes y, por lo tanto, presuntamente no reciben el beneficio de ...

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