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RICOS Q - There as a time when I always had a ¢5,000 colones note stuffed in my wallet near my driver's license. This was a time when "mordidas" or "chorizos" (bribes ot payoffs) where part of the driving culture in Costa Rica. In those days, transitos (traffic officials) worked long hours and weren't paid…

QCOSTARICA - The Juzgado de Trabajo del Tercer Circuito Judicial de San José (San José Labor Court) sentenced UBER, the company that provides mobility as a service/ride-hailing, food delivery/package delivery/couriers, to pay a former driver the Aguinaldo (year-end bonus), vacations, and matters relating to pensions, between 2017 and 2022, the period in which he worked.…

A California appellate panel has weighed in on premium pay in a decision on remand from the state’s highest court, with an employer-friendly result.

A look at the California Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 claims. What the U.S. Supreme Court says and what California says.

The repeal of a part-time employment law in Honduras has put local BPOs in a tight spot, forcing them to get creative with their hiring practices

Seyfarth Synopsis: In Rocha v. U-Haul Co. of Cal., the California Court of Appeal held that a plaintiff asserting a PAGA claim does not have standing to pursue a PAGA claim on behalf of...

Cameroon's PM signed yesterday a decree revising the minimum wage in the country. To satisfy all parties, Joseph Dion Ngute (pictured) validated,...

On March 25, 1911, at 4.40pm a fire broke out on the eighth floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Greenwich Village, which occupied that floor as well as the two levels above.

A group of Filipino seafarers has expressed strong opposition to an escrow provision in the proposed Magna Carta for seafarers, saying it is “anti-seaman.”

One of my very first assignments as a rookie journalist decades ago was about the welfare of seafarers. I met some of them and soon learned about their life at sea.