The legislation enshrines minimum wages and guaranteed rest-breaks for domestic workers and also empowers them to negotiate industry-wide conditions and regulations.
A class-action suit alleges job seekers missed out on employment opportunities because companies used Facebook's ad tools to target people of other ages.
Trump's move to curtail the activities of federal unions follows a wave of laws signed by Republican governors over the past decade restricting public-sector collective bargaining.
Gay workers and their corporate supporters won a legal victory over the Trump administration as a federal appeals court ruled that firing people over their sexual orientation is a form of illegal sex discrimination.
Gay workers and their corporate supporters won a legal victory over the Trump administration as a federal appeals court ruled that firing people over their sexual orientation is a form of illegal sex discrimination.
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