Worker rights protections, staffing firm licensing, pass in Ontario
Canada’s most populous province passed a law that will require licenses for recruiters and temporary staffing firms; client companies that use unlicensed firms face fines.
Sex discrimination: Riot Games settles with contingents, employees for $100 million
Computer games maker Riot Games Inc. agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle allegations of sex discrimination and harassment claims that involved 1,065 female employees and 1,300 female contract workers.
Buyer manager, outsourcing executives indicted for alleged no-hire pact
A former manager of an engineering company and five executives of outsourced engineering suppliers allegedly conspired not to hire employees from one another’s companies.
Under pressure: 2021 has been volatile for some wages, bill rates, Part 2
Other industries, not just healthcare, are seeing increased labor costs — and the contingent workforce is not immune to these skyrocketing wage issues.
DoorDash to pay $5.3 million to settle alleged labor law violations in San Francisco
DoorDash will pay 4,500 San Francisco contractors to settle alleged violations of the city’s Health Care Security Ordinance and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance.
The big squeeze: 2021 has been volatile for some wages, bill rates, Part 1
Many contingent workforce programs are seeing explosive bill rates as workers of various types command higher wages. Here’s a look at the landscape.
California announces stipulated judgment against Amazon over Covid notifications
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a stipulated judgment requiring Amazon.com to end labor practices that he said concealed Covid-19 case numbers from workers.
Covid-19 hazard pay restored to Google contractors
A union that represents directly employed and contingent workers at Google announced last week that Covid-19 hazard pay was restored to a group of contingents employed through Modis, a division of The Adecco Group.
EEOC sues buyer that fired Black temporary worker over her natural hair
A Louisiana provider of worker drug-testing supplies faces a racial discrimination lawsuit for allegedly terminating a Black temporary worker because of her hair.
Covid vaccine mandate nears completion
As the Biden administration finalizes its approach to the president’s vaccine mandate for business, here are steps companies should be taking now to prepare for compliance.
