In the aftermath of a $34 million settlement for immigration law violations alleged against outsourcing firm Infosys, federal officials are pushing investigations into similar practices by other firms, according to The Wall Street Journal. Investigators are probing whether other companies committed visa fraud or violated record-keeping requirements.
The New York Times reports that unemployment rates in Euro-zone countries remain at record highs.
Washington D.C.’s top employment official says her department will determine by the end of 2013 what steps are needed to comply with the city’s living wage law, as reported in the Washington Post. Amid criticisms over the failure to implement annual cost-of-living increases as required by the law, controversy is also looming over a possible exemption for home health care workers.
The New York Times features a column on the life of an undocumented South Asian immigrant worker in New York City.
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October 13
Texas hotel workers ratify a contract; Pope Leo visits labor leaders; Kaiser lays off over two hundred workers.
October 12
The Trump Administration fires thousands of federal workers; AFGE files a supplemental motion to pause the Administration’s mass firings; Democratic legislators harden their resolve during the government shutdown.
October 10
California bans algorithmic price-fixing; New York City Council passes pay transparency bills; and FEMA questions staff who signed a whistleblowing letter.
October 9
Equity and the Broadway League resume talks amid a looming strike; federal judge lets alcoholism ADA suit proceed; Philadelphia agrees to pay $40,000 to resolve a First Amendment retaliation case.
October 8
In today’s news and commentary, the Trump administration threatens no back pay for furloughed federal workers; the Second Circuit denies a request from the NFL for an en banc review in the Brian Flores case; and Governor Gavin Newsom signs an agreement to create a pathway for unionization for Uber and Lyft drivers.
October 7
The Supreme Court kicks off its latest term, granting and declining certiorari in several labor-related cases.