Who is Lori Chavez-DeRemer, US Secretary of LaborLori Chavez-DeRemer is set to become the U.S. Secretary of Labor in Trump's second term. Her confirmation could shape labour laws and union...
12 Mar, 2025, 03.35 PM IST
Disney settles suit over women's pay for $43 millionDisney settled a lawsuit over gender pay disparity. The company will pay $43.3 million. Around 9,000 current and former female employees we...
26 Nov, 2024, 12.15 PM IST
California probes SpaceX over sex bias, retaliation claimsThe California Civil Rights Department notified SpaceX of the claims in January, several months after a group of engineers filed complaints...
07 Feb, 2024, 04.50 PM IST
Female engineer sues Elon Musk's SpaceX for pay discriminationA female engineer has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against SpaceX, claiming that she was paid less than her male counterparts. The...
06 Oct, 2023, 12.10 PM IST
Uber, Lyft trade group questions Biden's labor nominee's gig workers stanceThe Department of Labor in October proposed a rule that would make it more difficult for companies to treat workers as independent contract...
21 Mar, 2023, 10.40 AM IST
Google to pay $2.6 million to settle allegations of discrimination against women, AsiansThe settlement announced Monday closes a 4-year-old case that the Labour Department brought as part its periodic reviews of the pay practic...
02 Feb, 2021, 01.38 PM IST
Views: After decades of underemployment and underproduction, India has true labour reformsIndia once had high hopes from manufacturing. It was supposed to be the mainstay of employment for the country. And yet, the manufacturing ...
15 Oct, 2020, 11.52 PM IST
Uber CEO threatens shutdown in California over labour lawMany regular drivers are hoping to secure the same health and unemployment benefits afforded to other workers in the state.
13 Aug, 2020, 08.18 AM IST
In a first in India, Karnataka is drafting separate labour law for gig workersBengaluru — home to many buzzing tech startups — is working on a law the likes of Swiggy, Zomato, Uber and Ola may be deeply concerned abou...
19 Feb, 2020, 12.47 PM IST
Social safety net for gig workers proposedThis is the first time that the government has referred to the gig, platform workers. The move comes close on the heels of the legislation ...
20 Sep, 2019, 12.13 PM IST
Indian-American CEO ordered to pay USD 135,000 to former workerHimanshu Bhatia will have to pay her former live-in domestic worker back wages and damages under the terms of a consent judgement entered i...
19 Apr, 2017, 04.28 PM IST
Infosys, TCS cleared of visa violation charges in the USUS had launched a probe to find out whether the two Indian firms violated any labour laws after Southern California Edison laid off about 5...
09 Sep, 2015, 03.39 AM IST
Indian-American among 11 full-time judges appointed by Barack ObamaA 46-year-old Indian-American federal judge is among 11 people elevated as a full-time judge in the third largest US state California by Pr...
24 Aug, 2015, 06.52 PM IST
Indian American judge among 11 Obama appointeesUS President Barack Obama has appointed Indian American federal judge Vince Chhabria along with 10 others as full-time judges.
24 Aug, 2015, 04.38 PM IST
India needs labour-intensive industrialisation: Pranab Bardhan"Huge number of entrant, around 10-20 million labourers are entering each year and we have to get them jobs," he explained.
21 Jul, 2014, 09.57 PM IST
Indian-American Indira Talwani confirmed as federal judge in MassachusettsThe Senator said Talwani has broad credentials and wide litigation experience. She has developed particular expertise in legal issues that ...
13 May, 2014, 12.15 AM IST
- Wal-Mart may be fined up to $2 bn in labour case
Wal-Mart Stores broke Minnesota labour laws more than 2 million times and owes workers $6.5 million, a state judge said, ordering a trial i...
02 Jul, 2008, 12.27 AM IST