Delivering employment rights to platform workers

On January 24, the Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione) found in favour of some food-delivery riders litigating against their platform. The Court decided to apply a 2015 legislation that …

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ILO: Achieving decent work in global supply chains

The purpose of this report is to facilitate discussion in the third meeting subsequent to the 2016 Conference discussion. In June 2019, the Governing Body determined that it should be …

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The labour standards of the multilateral development banks: A trade union guide

Multilateral development banks provide billions of dollars in loans every year to projects in developing countries, involving a vast number of workers. Borrowers of the loans include both public entities …

Toolkit on Lawyers at Risk

The International Bar Association Human Rights Institute in cooperation with its long-term partners  launched the Toolkit on Lawyers at Risk. The Toolkit on Lawyers at Risk is a unique tool …

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A Global System of Work, A Global System of Regulation?: Crowdwork and Conflicts of Law

On-demand platforms are changing and reshaping our conceptions of both the firm and the work relationship in far-reaching and critical ways, allowing companies to hire workers and to seek customers …

Journal of Human Trafficking, Enslavement and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

Multi- and interdisciplinary journal on the nexus between human trafficking, enslavement and conflict-related sexual violence.

NEW PROTECTIONS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS IN PAKISTAN

The Punjab Assembly passed the Punjab Domestic Workers Act in January 2019, bringing domestic employment within the purview of the law of the country. It mandates registration of domestic workers …

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India’s Code on Social Security 2019 and Its Implications on Employee Compensation

The article deals with an analysis of the recent Code on Social Security 2019, by the Central Government of India, which seeks to universalize social security benefits to all workers …

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Clean Slate for Worker Power: Building a Just Economy and Democracy

A year-long Harvard University project drawing on input from U.S. and global practitioners and academics issued a report offering a package of reforms that promise to help stop the self-reinforcing …

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USING THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL UNDER CEDAW TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Human rights advocates have hailed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) as an international bill of rights for women. The Convention and its …

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