“The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening to overwhelm public health care systems, and is having devastating impacts across the world on all spheres of life – the economy, social security, education …
Withhold Release Orders, in Three Acts: Heralding A New Enforcement Era
“The Tariff Act of 1930 included a little-known and rarely used weapon to combat importation of goods made with forced labor, Section 307. But the act included an exception – …
Jordan: Full Text of Defense Order No. 6
This defense order has been widely criticized by union and human rights activists, since among other things, it gies the employers the right to pay only 50% of the workers’ …
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Covid-19 crisis makes clear a new concept of ‘worker’ is overdue
The crisis has highlighted the vulnerability of those outside conventional employment. A broader concept of ‘worker’ is needed to protect them equally. The Covid-19 crisis has found the western world, …