Topic
Labor Exploitation
49 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
Migrants Hired to Work at the World Cup Opening Match Waited All Day Without Food and Water
Tariq Panja for the New York Times reports on some troubling news from the World Cup, which this year is hosted by Qatar, a nation with a human rights record…
New York City Law Blog
Wage theft from immigrant workers: a serious and growing concern
Foreign workers, documented or not, are essential in many industries, including seasonal roles in agriculture, domestic labor, and other areas. While many of these workers are already in low-wage positions,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: What is exploitation and workplace abuse?’ A classification schema to understand exploitative workplace behaviour towards migrant workers by Anna Boucher
The Immigration Article of the Day was just published in New Political Economy by Dr. Anna Boucher and titled: "What is exploitation and workplace abuse?’ A classification schema to understand…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Legalizing Undocumented Work by Jennifer J. Lee
Legalizing Undocumented Work by Jennifer J. Lee, 42 Cardozo L. Rev. (forthcoming 2021)AbstractEight million undocumented workers live as a separate subclass of exploited workers in the United States. The federal…
Health Law Prof Blog
Radical Histories / Liberal Histories in Work Injury Law
John Fabian Witt (Yale University), Radical Histories / Liberal Histories in Work Injury Law, Am. J. Legal History (2020):Nate Holdren has written a brilliant, impassioned, and intellectually stimulating book on…
UK Human Rights Blog
The Round Up: Fast Fashion Victims
In the News: In a recent report entitled “It Still Happens Here”, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) and the anti-slavery charity Justice and Care have found a rise in…
Working: Now and Then
Wage Theft and the Exploitation of Disadvantaged Workers
Laws must protect the rights and dignity of workers By Erica Dombrowski Law Students on Workers’ Rights Series The Law Students on Workers’ Rights series publishes essays from current and…
Labor Law Prof Blog
$13.9 milliion USDOL settlement for Chinese casino workers in Saipan
Following up on previous posts here and here describing safety and wage violations against Chinese workers building a casino in U.S.-Saipan, Aaron Halegua has this update:On March 5, 2018, the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
This Filipina Nanny Is Suing Her Former Boss—a German Diplomat to the U.S.—for Labor Exploitation
Domestic service workers often are exploited in the workplace. Colorlines reports on one extreme case. With the promise of 35-hour weeks and $10 an hour plus overtime, Edith Mendoza moved to the…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Uber: A History Of Worker Exploitation
In 2016, Uber agreed to pay upwards of $100 million to avoid trial in a misclassification suit concerning California and Massachusetts drivers. Now that a North Carolina judge has conditionally…