Suicide prevention

Crime

Indian court dismisses abetment of suicide claim

Employer must sometimes make decisions that could cause hardship to an employee, court rules

Amazon

Unions

Amazon ordered to give Alabama workers third union vote

Retail giant and union both promise to appeal decision that found an “aggressive and illegal” anti-union campaign

Tokyo Tower

Labour Reforms

Japan gives millions of freelancers new protections

Law prohibits “kaitataki” – the practice of paying freelancers at a level conspicuously lower than the price ordinarily paid for similar work

Jo McConnell

Community

Herbert Smith Freehills appoints new global chief people officer

Jo McConnell to deliver “ambitious” people strategy as firm invests in new talent and generative AI

Trump

Politics

Managers brace for conflict after Trump wins White House

Wary of staff infighting, some employers have banned political discourse from the workplace

Human Rights

IKEA pays out over historical forced labour in East Germany

While not legally liable, retailer’s voluntary compensation is a blueprint for others to follow

Artificial Intelligence

AI recruitment tools need more scrutiny to mitigate bias

University of Washington study finds substantial patterns of racial, gender, and intersectional bias in three large language models

Future of Work

Australia’s right to disconnect gets off to rocky start

Email disclaimers cause confusion as bosses continue sending out-of-hours messages

NDAs

Ireland makes NDAs “the exception” in workplace disputes

Enhanced maternity protections will be welcomed, but speedy passage may have left blind spots in new omnibus law

Morgan Lewis

 


 

Monitor