In 2018, the Australian national labour inspectorate (the Fair Work Ombudsman) commenced proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against the food delivery company Foodora. Foodora is one of many …
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Occupational Health Hazard Exposure among municipal solid waste workers in Himachal Pradesh, India
This research paper investigates the occupational hazards in municipal solid waste (MSW) management across three locations in Himachal Pradesh, India. The primary data collected using a questionnaire highlights the socio-economic …
China: Amazon Profits from Secretly Oppressing Its Supplier’s Workers, An Investigative Report on Hengyang Foxconn
A NGO, China Labor Watch, investigate Foxconn’s factory in Henyang, China and made this report. It showed that this factory violated PRC Employment Law and impaired workers’ rights. (1) Dispatching …
Informal Workers Make Cities Work For All: 3 Stories from Thailand, India and Colombia
This article highlights the contribution of the informal workers in the informal economy to the urban and national economies around the world. As a result, it urges the government to …
Bulgaria suspends labor imports from North Korea
Bulgaria suspended importing workers from North Korea as the labor is criticized as modern slavery and means of earning by the North Korea Government. http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/search1/2603000000.html?cid=AEN20170529009000315&__s=5puqudobbuuwwtg38q8o
Thailand: LGBTI discrimination ‘still prevalent’
This article highlights the World Bank report revealing that LGBTI people in Thailand are still suffering from discrimination, especially in jobs and housing. The study was conducted from quantitative data …
Australia: Stefanac v Secretary, Department of Family and Community Services [2018] NSWCATAD 106
The Applicant made comments about different conspiracy theories. The Employer then directed the Applicant to provide a medical certificate stating that she was able to perform the tasks her job …
South Korea: Labor Standards Law Amended to Limit Workweek
This article discusses the major amendment to labor standard law in Korea to limit working hours of employees (maximum number of hours to be 52 hours per week). http://www.loc.gov/law/foreign-news/article/south-korea-labor-standards-law-amended-to-limit-workweek/ …
Better Migration Systems Can Propel Thailand to Grow Faster
This article concluded the discussion from the conference regarding the development of migration policies and systems to support sustained, innovation-driven growth, under Thailand 4.0 strategy focusing on the report’s lessons …
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Regulated working time is a must for all workers, especially those in the informal economy
“Recently, on May Day, we remembered the fallen heroes of the 1886 Chicago strike where workers demanded an eight-hour working day. We also celebrated the subsequent hard-won victories of employed …