FTC promises crackdown on companies taking advantage of gig workers
The agency is taking action against gig companies who deceive their workers about pay and hours, impose unfair contract terms and engage in anticompetitive wage fixing.
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The agency is taking action against gig companies who deceive their workers about pay and hours, impose unfair contract terms and engage in anticompetitive wage fixing.
Moldova’s largest-ever Pride march, which went ahead successfully despite threats and disinformation from conservative groups, has sent a rare signal of support for the LGBTI community as the country of 2.6 million moves closer to the EU. The June 19 event came days before the EU Commission’s recommendation to the European Council to grant candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova.
The Flex Association, a lobbying group formed earlier this year by a coalition of gig companies, has hired its first lobbyists.
Geneva, 10 June 2021 This coming Sunday 13 June, the Swiss will vote on the Federal Act on Police Measures to Combat Terrorism ( Loi fédérale sur les mesures policières de lutte contre le terrorisme), which, if enacted, will allow the police to take preventive measures against “potential terrorists” without any meaningful judicial oversight. The designation as “potential terrorist” does not require the existence or prospect of any crime, a fact that could negatively impact the exercise of lawful and peaceful activities by civil society groups. The World Organisation Against Tortur...