Today, June 12th, 2012, is the World Day against Child Labor. Two years ago, the international community adopted a Roadmap for achieving the elimination of the worst forms of child labour by 2016. On this day, the International Labor Organization (ILO) advocates: Universal ratification of the ILO’s Conventions on child labor (including the Minimum Age … Continue reading
After the Wal-Mart v. Dukes class action suit was shot down by the Supreme Court in June 2011, there were founded concerns that class actions based on retail or customer service employees’ policies were in peril. On Friday, an Illinois federal judge validated a class of plaintiffs, consisting of tipped employees of the Applebee’s franchise, … Continue reading
Recently, we posted a piece about the negative effects of unpaid internships. On February 13, 2012 Slate.com published an insightful piece about the same topic following up on the issue. On Feb. 1, a funny thing happened in a U.S. district court in Manhattan: An intern complained in public. Xuedan Wang, a 28-year-old former intern … Continue reading
