ILO Governing Body calls for urgent action on seafarer COVID-19 crisis: “The Governing Body of the International Labour Organization has taken the exceptional action of adopting a Resolution to address …
UN urges countries to designate ship crews as ‘key workers’
With the coronavirus pandemic stranding nearly 400,000 merchant seamen at sea, the U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Tuesday urging all nations to designate those working on ships as “key …
Malaysia to charge Top Glove over poor worker accommodation, government says
Malaysia said on Tuesday it would file charges against Top Glove Corp because of poor worker accommodation provided by the world’s biggest maker of medical gloves. The Labour Department, part …
La Comisión del Trabajo aprobó por unanimidad dictamen a minuta sobre teletrabajo
La Comisión del Trabajo aprobó por unanimidad dictamen a minuta sobre teletrabajo • Avaló modificaciones para una regulación jurídica más amplia, en el artículo 330 de la Ley Federal del …
R (IWGB) v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions et al
This was an application for judicial review brought by the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) which argued that EU Directives on health and safety, which had been transposed …
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Despite landmark legal protections, women continue to face gender-based violence in pandemic-era Tunisia
“In Tunisia, during the two and a half months of lockdown introduced on 21 March to stop the spread of the coronavirus, the ‘1899 Green Line’ managed by the Ministry …