Companies Need Safety From Lawsuits If They Protect Workers: Opinion May 11, 2020 By Michael R. Bloomberg, Bloomberg Opinion States that are reopening their economies even as cases of Covid-19 are still rising are threatening their own residents and...
Many Japan Firms Resist Telecommuting, Raising COVID-19 Risk for Call Center Staff May 5, 2020 By Makiko Yamazaki and Yuki Nitta Almost a month after Tokyo declared a state of emergency, dozens of call center employees for telecom KDDI Corp still...
Consumer Groups Oppose Immunity for Businesses From Coronavirus Lawsuits April 30, 2020 By Tom Hals and Alison Frankel U.S. consumer advocates are urging Congress to resist growing demands by companies for protections from coronavirus-related lawsuits as states start...
Employees Go Back to Work and Get Covid-19. What’s the Liability Picture?: Opinion April 27, 2020 By Tyler Cowen If America is going to restart its economy, at whatever pace, it needs to think about a major roadblock: liability...
French Court Keeps Limits in Place for Amazon Deliveries, in Victory for Its Workers April 24, 2020 By Mathieu Rosemain and Sarah White A French court on Friday rejected Amazon‘s appeal against a ruling that restricts what it can deliver during the coronavirus...
Amazon Extends French Warehouse Closures on COVID-19 Safety Dispute with Workers April 20, 2020 Amazon will keep its six warehouses in France closed until at least April 22 after a stand-off with unions over...
Amazon Shuts Warehouses in France over Worker Safety During COVID-19 Crisis April 17, 2020 Amazon has no clarity yet on when its warehouses in France might reopen, the head of its French business said...
United Airlines Settles Sexual Harassment Claim Over Explicit Internet Posts by Captain December 27, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson United Airlines has agreed to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit over a captain who continued to post explicit images of...
It’s Not Easy Getting Insurers to Defend in Sexual Harassment Cases December 24, 2019 By Jim Sams While Harvey Weinstein’s insurers have reportedly agreed to pay $47 million to settle civil suits against the movie producer, most...
Poll Shows #MeToo Movement Is Changing Workplace Conversations, Behavior October 28, 2019 By Michelle R. Smith and Hannah Fingerhut Barbara Myers started work as an apprentice electrician in 1995, and over the years she learned to shoot back sexual...