Employment tribunals articles
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U.N. Tribunal Declares Countries are Legally Obligated to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A United Nations tribunal on maritime law announced on Tuesday that countries are legally obligated to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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5 senators sworn in as new members of Senate Electoral Tribunal amid leadership shift
Five senators – Imee Marcos, JV Ejercito, Nancy Binay, Pia Cayetano, Lito Lapid and Robinhood Padilla – took their oaths before the Supreme Court as new members of the Senate Electoral Tribunal following the Senate leadership change.
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Study: Increase in taxpayers reporting self-employment earnings cannot be attributed to increase in gig work
The emergence over the past decade of new institutions and technologies that have made it easier for firms to obtain labor from self-employed contract workers instead of employees has spurred widespread speculation that the U.S. labor market is transitioning to a gig economy. But labor force surveys show no rise in the rate of self-employment since 2000, while the share of individuals reporting self-employment income on their tax returns increased dramatically from 2000 through 2018.