Tobacco’s Hidden Children: Hazardous Child Labor in United States Tobacco Farming

Human Rights Watch findings set out in this report, show that no child under age 18 should be permitted to perform work in which they come into direct contact with tobacco …

The Employment Law Review – Ghana

This article provides an overview of the employment legal regime in Ghana. The author discusses the sources of labor law, elements of an employment relationship, wages and overtime, foreign workers, …

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Nigeria: Irikefe Patience v. Global Feet Oil & Gas Ltd. NICN/LA/624/2015

The judgment bothered on two major claims. One, the claimant claimed that defendant had deducted her transport allowance from her remuneration for a period of years, on the promise the …

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Ghana: Godson Dadzie v. Barclays Bank of Ghana GHASC 29 [2018]

The Supreme Court of Ghana upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal, which had limited the damages awarded to an employee who was wrongly dismissed to an amount equivalent …

South Africa: September and Others v CMI Business Enterprise CC [(CCT279/16) [2018] ZACC 4; 2018 (4) BCLR 483 (CC); (2018) 39 ILJ 987 (CC); [2018] 5 BLLR 431 (CC) (27 February 2018)]

South Africa: Three employees and their employer failed to reach a conciliation on the issue of racial discrimination at the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), which is an …

Danell Tomasella, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. THE HERSHEY COMPANY

The class action claim alleges that Hershey knowingly benefitted from child labor in the cocoa supply chain in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire and failed to disclose such information to consumers …

Nigeria: PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER 5 – FOR PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF PROJECTS, PROMOTION OF NIGERIAN CONTENT IN CONTRACTS AND SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

On February 5, 2018, the President issued an executive order to improve local content in public procurement and contracts related to science, engineering and technology. Amongst other things, the order …

Wages and Working Conditions in and out of Global Supply Chains: A Comparative Empirical Review (Brazil, China, Chile, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, etc.)

This research note discussed the theories about wages, working conditions and global supply chains. People interpret the relationship between global supply chains and working conditions in different theories. But we …

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Rights, Regulation and Bureaucratic Impact: The Impact of Human Rights Litigation on the Regulation of Informal Trade in Johannesburg

“In contemplating the extent to which rights-based litigation is conducive to positive social change, attention ought to be paid to the bureaucratic impact of court judgments that vindicate rights against …

Trade Unions in Transformation – Developing and Utilizing Power Resources: The Case of Kenya National Private Security Workers’ Union

This report introduces Kenya National Private Security Workers’ Union (KNPSWU). Kenya has the problem of informal employment and bad working conditions. To improve these problems, KNPSWU developed more members and …

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