Topic
Labor Exploitation
49 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Executive Estoppel, Equitable Enforcement, and Exploited Immigrant Workers by Angela D. Morrison
Executive Estoppel, Equitable Enforcement, and Exploited Immigrant Workers by Angela D. Morrison, Texas A&M University School of Law, Harvard Law & Policy Review, Vol. 11, No. 1, Forthcoming, 6 Mar 2017 AbstractUnauthorized workers…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Ontiveros on the Exploitation of High-Skilled Tech Workers
Maria Ontiveros (San Francisco) has just posted on SSRN her article (forthcoming BJELL) H-1B Visas, Outsourcing and Body Shops: A Continuum of Exploitation for High Tech Workers. Here's the abstract:This…
Independent Contractor Misclassification & Compliance
New York Establishes a Super IC Misclassification-Plus Task Force
By Richard Reibstein Esq. of Littler Mendelson P.C.
Yesterday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed Executive Order No. 159 expanding the existing Joint Enforcement Task Force on Employee Misclassification into a Joint Enforcement Task Force on Worker Exploitation…
Global Workplace Insider
Post-Election 2016 Briefing: Likely Amendments to the Fair Work Act
By Global Workplace Insider Team
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has claimed victory in the federal election, as the Coalition achieved the slim majority in Australia’s federal parliament. We briefly outline the likely key amendments to…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Jobs Looking for People, People Looking for Their Rights: Seeking Relief for Exploited Immigrant Workers in North Dakota by Sabrina Balgamwalla
Jobs Looking for People, People Looking for Their Rights: Seeking Relief for Exploited Immigrant Workers in North Dakota by Sabrina Balgamwalla, University of North Dakota - School of Law February…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Demonising ‘the other’: British Government complicity in the exploitation, social exclusion and vilification of new migrant workers by Mick Wilkinson
Demonising ‘the other’: British Government complicity in the exploitation, social exclusion and vilification of new migrant workers by Mick Wilkinson,: Citizenship Studies, Volume 18, Number 5, 4 July 2014, pp. 499-515(17)Abstract:…
Cruise Law News
Slave Ship? Brazilian Police Board MSC Magnifica after Crew Members Complain of Long Hours, Abuse, Intimidation & Sexual Harassment
By Jim Walker
The BBC reports that Brazilian police boarded a MSC cruise ship and rescued 11 crew members working in "slave-like conditions." Brazilian officials say that the 11 crew members were forced…
Employment Discrimination Report
EEOC Obtains Judgment For Severely Exploited Thai Farmworkers
"Vulnerable workers" – part of the EEOC’s plan for enforcement. Protecting them, that is. Think farm workers, migrant workers, workers in isolated areas, and mentally-challenged Henry’s Turkey workers. The EEOC…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Abuse video shocks Saudi Arabia
CNN reports on a video that appears to show a Saudi man beating a migrant worker is causing growing outrage in Saudi Arabia. In the video, which went viral after…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: The U.S. Au Pair Program: Labor Exploitation and the Myth of Cultural Exchange by Janie Chuang
The U.S. Au Pair Program: Labor Exploitation and the Myth of Cultural Exchange by Janie Chuang The Article exposes how the legal categorization of au pairs as “cultural exchange participants”…