Rideshare, Retailers Brace for Tough US Independent Contractor Rule September 28, 2022 By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON –– After weeks of lobbying the White House on how gig workers should be treated, the rideshare, delivery and...
Fire Damages Huge QVC Distribution Center in North Carolina December 20, 2021 ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP)–A fire ripped through a distribution center in North Carolina for the QVC home-shopping television network early...
NLRB Memo: College Football Players Are Employees October 1, 2021 College athletes who earn millions for their schools are employees, the National Labor Relations Board’s top lawyer said in guidance...
Small Agency, Big Job: Biden Tasks OSHA With Vaccine Mandate September 17, 2021 By Paul Wiseman WASHINGTON (AP) — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn’t make many headlines. Charged with keeping America’s workplaces safe, it...
COVID-19 Vaccine Approval is ‘Seismic’ Shift For Legality Of Mandates, Experts Say August 25, 2021 By Tom Hals Formal U.S approval of the Pfizer Inc /BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine will make it nearly impossible to successfully challenge mandates...
Labor Secretary Says Most Gig Workers Should Be Classified as Employees May 5, 2021 By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s top labor official said most gig workers in the United States should be classified as...
9th Circuit Lifts Stay on Labor Law that Classifies Truck Drivers as Employees April 29, 2021 By Jim Sams A federal appellate court on Wednesday reversed a ruling that prevented California from enforcing a new labor law that trucking...
Staff at Some Major U.S. Firms to Keep Masks on in Texas Even as State Lifts Mandate March 3, 2021 Employees at General Motors, Toyota Motor, Target Corp, and Macy’s Inc in Texas will keep face masks on at work,...
Judge Rules McDonald’s Can Sue Ousted CEO Over Alleged Lies About Affairs February 3, 2021 By Tom Hals and Jonathan Stempel A Delaware judge on Tuesday rejected former McDonald’s Corp Chief Executive Steve Easterbrook’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit by the...
Uber, Gig Economy Companies See California Win as National Model November 5, 2020 By Tina Bellon and Munsif Vengattil Gig economy companies want to turn California voters’ decision to make ride-service drivers contractors into a model for the nation,...