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More than 300 South Korean workers who were detained in an immigration raid at a Hyundai Motor Group-LG Energy Solution joint venture battery plant in the U.S. state of Georgia have started filing administrative claims with nine federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection, the FBI and the Departments of Justice and Labor. The claims, which are a necessary step before pursuing lawsuits under the Federal Tort Claims Act, allege unlawful detention and poor conditions at an ICE facility. An attorney representing the workers aims to submit all claims by year-end. Both companies have sought to distance themselves from the legal actions. An LG Energy Solution official told The Korea Times the company would not become involved because the legal actions were based on individual decisions by the workers. The raid, which occurred on September 4, 2025, was the largest single-site enforcement action in ICE's history.
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UK
Media outlets pick up on a report which first appeared in the Financial Times yesterday which said that thousands of Barclays employees have signed an open letter asking the bank to rethink its decision to increase in-office work. As of next month, Barclays wants staff who have been expected to be in the office for two days per week to attend for at least three. The Unite union, which represents 36,000 staff, is calling on Barclays to reverse this mandate and is advocating for exemptions and a one-off payment to cover rising travel and childcare costs. Rick Coyle, Unite national officer, said that employees are delivering strong financial results under the current flexible working policy. He said that Barclays is "trying to fix a problem that doesn't exist" in making its working-from-home rules less flexible. Barclays said office requirements vary by business area and are intended to balance flexibility with the benefits of working together in person. The bank declined to say how many staff would be affected by the rules change, but the BBC understands that there are different rules depending on teams, with, for example, investment bankers expected to be in the office for five days per week.
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Europe
A memo seen by Reuters indicates that Unilever "refuses to engage" with union body IUF over a request that a two-year employment guarantee agreed with workers in Europe under its planned merger with McCormick be applied to all staff worldwide. "The company refuses to engage on this at an international level," the IUF stated in the memo, adding: "(Unilever) has indicated that, outside of Europe, unions should negotiate locally or regionally over the two years' protection." A Unilever spokesperson said: "We continue to engage constructively with our works councils and other employee representatives and have made good progress . . . As a global company, we engage with a range of representatives around the world."
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Middle East
The UAE's HR leaders gathered at InsuranceMarket.ae’s Work Reimagined UAE: The Next Era of HR, Culture & Employee Experience event in Dubai to urge a shift in how organisations approach people management as benefits, culture, retention and technology become increasingly important to business performance. Speakers included Shalni Babur, chief people officer at Alfred Holdings, who observed that HR itself has been redefined. "HR's role, which was initially seen as an administrative function, then became a strategic partner, is now becoming more of an architect of the organisation," she said. Industry experts told attendees that HR must move beyond administrative support to play a more strategic role in productivity, employee experience and workforce planning.
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To mark National Payroll Week the team at the Human Times has provided some insight into the industry that we hope you’ll find useful.
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