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Saudi Arabia's new Ajeer platform is revolutionizing how tourism businesses hire temporary workers, ensuring fair treatment and legal protection for over a million seasonal employees during peak pilgrimage seasons. The digital system is helping the Kingdom welcome 122 million visitors while creating secure jobs for local workers.
Walmart will pay $100 million to delivery drivers who were misled about their earnings and tips. The settlement also requires new protections to ensure gig workers get exactly what they're promised.
Workers at IHS Holding can breathe easier as MTN Group guarantees their pay and benefits for 12 months following a major infrastructure merger. The commitment covers nearly 3,000 employees across Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.
Health workers and unions in New Zealand pushed back against a plan to raise hospital parking rates to market prices, and they won. Health NZ suspended the controversial policy after receiving strong feedback from staff across the country.
Shanghai lawmakers are pushing for stronger protections for gig workers, longer paternity leave, and better health care oversight. The proposals could shape national policy across China.
Thirty-six police officers in India, aged 39 to 45, won court approval to skip a physically demanding training course they felt was too strenuous for their age. The ruling respects their choice to forgo promotions rather than risk their health.
A New Zealand business owner who exploited a migrant worker for three years has been fined $33,000, with part of the money going directly to the worker. The case shows the country's labour protection system is working to defend vulnerable employees and hold employers accountable. ---
New York City just won back $4.6 million in stolen wages for delivery workers who were underpaid and unfairly fired by major apps. Three companies are now paying up after a groundbreaking investigation proved worker exploitation wasn't a glitch, it was the business model.
After two decades earning just $18 a month, over 1,500 healthcare sanitation workers in Tamil Nadu just received a life-changing raise to $88 monthly. These essential workers kept maternal health centers running through the pandemic while fighting for fair wages.