Topic
Labor Exploitation
49 published works
Labor Law Prof Blog
ADAPT Conference on Internship and Traineeship for Students and Young People
From our friends at ADAPT in Bergamo, Italy:Internship and Traineeship for Students and Young People: Training, School-to-Work Transition or Exploitation? (Bergamo, 25-26 October 2013)Dear Colleagues and Readers,Is it fair to…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Subcontractor Servitude
Apropos of Labor Day, Professor Jennifer Gordon writes in this op/ed about the abuse of Jamaican H-2B "guest workers":"[D]ebt, fraud and coercion . . . plague guest-work programs in the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Procedural Hurdles and Thwarted Efficiency: Immigration Relief in Wage and Hour Collective Actions by Llezlie Green Coleman
Procedural Hurdles and Thwarted Efficiency: Immigration Relief in Wage and Hour Collective Actionsby Llezlie Green Coleman American University - Washington College of Law July 23, 2013 Harvard Latino Law Review,…
Employment Law Worldview
Black companies – the ugly side of Japanese business
Tough economic times in Japan in recent years have led to the growth of a new social problem, the “burakku kigyo” or “black company”. There is no legal definition for…
Employment Discrimination Report
Henry’s Turkey Gets Early Thanksgiving: $240,000,000 Jury Verdict Reduced to $1.6 Million
A jury recently slammed Henry’s Turkey Service for $240,000,000 -- the largest verdict in EEOC history, for exploiting intellectually disabled workers by, among other things, paying them only $65 dollars…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The underworld of raiteros
Michael Grabell of ProPublica reports how some of America's best-known companies and largest temp agencies benefit from—and tacitly collaborate with—an underworld of labor brokers, known as "raiteros," who charge workers…
ImmigrationProf Blog
How Employers Use Immigration Enforcement to Exploit Workers
From NELPNew Report Exposes How Employers Take Advantage of Broken Immigration System to Exploit WorkersStudy details how employers use immigration enforcement to retaliate against workers, and points to opportunities for…
Cruise Law News
Profits Over People: Carnival’s Exploitation of Crew Members is Standard Industry Practice
By Jim Walker
A dozen newspapers in the U.K. have reported on P&O Cruises' decision to pay its crewmembers a basic salary of 75 pence an hour (around $1.20 an hour) which turns…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Hershey’s Chocolate Labor Recruiter Sanctioned for Exploitation
From the National Guestworker Alliance:State sanctions Hershey’s labor recruiter CETUSA for exploitation, retaliationYesterday, in a vindication of the six-month campaign by the National Guestworker Alliance (NGA), the U.S. State Department…
ImmigrationProf Blog
POWER Act Introduced to Combat Worker Exploitation
From the National Immigration Law Center:The POWER Act Would Thwart Bad-Apple Employers Who Abuse the System and Gain Unfair AdvantageWASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Rep. George Miller (D-CA),…