Industrial Action and Liability in Japan: A Legal Overview

This article analyses the scope of “proper” industrial action, which is protected by Labor Union Act, by introducing cases of the Supreme Court and lower courts in Japan. It also …

Self-Care & Health Care: How Migrant Women in the Greater Mekong Sub Region Take Care of their Health

With the support of the United Nations Development Program, MMN project partners in all countries of the GMS interviewed 114 migrant women to find out how women take care of …

Women’s Labor Migration from Asia and the Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges

This report by MPI and the International Organization for Migration examines the factors impacting women migrants in the Asia-Pacific region and details key policy challenges faced by women migrants in the …

Sexual orientation–based wage gaps in Australia: The potential role of discrimination and personality

This article describes the wage-gaps between workers engaged in same-sex relationships.  Particularly, this article identifies a negative wage-gap between gay men, indicating discrimination based on sexual orientation. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1035304615570806  

Women Migrant Workers in ASEAN

This policy brief examines ASEAN migration policies and the specific impact on women migrants. The authors provide recommendations of how to ensure that women migrant workers are best protected and able …

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PAKISTAN: INTERACTION OF LABOR LAW AND ECONOMIC GROWTH – CASE STUDY OF SHEIKHUPURA

This case study focuses on the nexus between federal/provincial labor laws and the welfare and productivity of laborers in the context of the Pakistani city of Sheikhupura. The study notes …

Hiroshima Central Health Co-op (C Co-op Hospital) (October 23, 2014) – The Supreme Court of Japan

The Supreme Court held that, as a general rule, the demotion of a woman worker by transfer to light activities during pregnancy constitutes the prohibited disadvantageous treatment under Article 9 …

Australia: Willmott v Woolworths Ltd [2014] QCAT 601

The plaintiff decided to apply for a job at the defendant’s company.  The former alleged that the online application constrained discriminatory questions required information regarding his date of birth, gender, …

Good practices on the role of trade unions in protecting and promoting the rights of migrant workers in Asia

This report documents selected good practices of trade union actions taken place in Cambodia, Hong Kong (China), Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Republic of Korea, Taiwan, China, …

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Recruiting Immigrant Workers: New Zealand 2014

This is a published work by OECD providing a comprehensive review of the labor migration policy in New Zealand. It examines the country’s labor migration system and its characteristics, including …

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