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Platform Workers

Draft gig-economy directive disrupts platform business models and risks jobs

Maternity

Discrimination

Less than two-thirds of APAC’s female workers covered by maternity leave

Covid testing

Covid-19

EEOC clarifies “long covid” is a protected disability under federal discrimination law

Team building

Culture

Sometimes banter works in the workplace. Sometimes it hurts instead

Empty streets and a stay home sign in Cape Town during the Coronavirus lockdown

Politics

South Africa must reduce red tape and reform labour market, IMF urges

Human trafficking

Modern Slavery

Australian firms must prioritise modern slavery prevention measures, say researchers

Uber

Platform Workers

Why the EU Commission’s gig economy proposals will not meet French expectations

Vodafone Bucharest

D&I

Vodafone steps up efforts to increase diversity with race and ethnicity targets

Justice scales

Arbitration

Is America ready to ban forced arbitration agreements?

Sick pay

Wellbeing

Most APAC workers have no legal right to sick pay, ILO finds

The United States Supreme Court

Covid-19

Supreme Court rejects stay of New York vaccine mandate for healthcare workers

Commuters crossing crowded London Bridge

Culture

Half of UK workers believe their employer takes bullying seriously