Ministry receives around 2,000 complaints from migrant workers

During five years, Myanmar migrant workers made around 2,000 complaints to the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population and other related organizations. http://elevenmyanmar.com/local/14884

2018 Employment and Labor Policy in Korea

This report provides an overview of the organization of Korea’s Ministry of Employment and an overview of Korea’s major employment and labor policies. http://www.moel.go.kr/english/pas/pasPubli_view.jsp?idx=1502

Australia: Independent Contractors Act 2006 

This is a legislative act.  It concerns the ability of independent contractors to make their own arrangements for working without the restrictions of employment law.  It also provides for the …

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Occupational Health in India

This article summarizes the occupational health legislature in India. It details the laws, provisions, and institutions in the country that bolster safe, working conditions for all workers across all industries. …

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Court decision regarding duty of fair representation, provision of trade union office (Case number 2017Da218642)

This is a court decision regarding duty of the employer to provide trade union office not only to the representative bargaining labor union but also to other labor union. (English) https://library.scourt.go.kr/SCLIB_data/decision/50-2017Da218642_TraUniOff_hs.htm …

Court decision regarding severance payment (Case number: 2016Da228802)

This is a court decision regarding the calculation of severance payment. If there is a severance payment rule in the collective agreement or employee policy, severance payment should be paid …

New Zealand: Henderson and Ors v. Eurofins Bay of Plenty Limited [2018] NZERA Auckland 346 (Employment Relations Authority- Auckland)

Ms. Henderson, Mr. Thorn, and Ms. Stowell alleged they were unjustifiably dismissed. In order to determine the matter, resolve the employment relationship problems between the applicants and Eurofins, the authority …

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“Good Gig, Bad Gig: Autonomy and Algorithmic Control in the Global Gig Economy” (United Kingdom; Southeast Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa)

In this article, the authors evaluate the positive and negative aspects of “gig economy” work in light of the 2017 “Taylor Review” in the United Kingdom.  The authors identify common …

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Thailand: แนะแรงงานต่างด้าวซื้อประกัน (Suggestion migrant workers to buy health insurance)

This article encourages migrant workers to buy health insurance for a short period before getting in the social protection system in Thailand when they first enter into the country. https://www.thaihealth.or.th/Content/43762-แนะแรงงานต่างด้าวซื้อประกัน.html

South Korea: After 12 Years of Protests, Women Workers Get ‘Dream Jobs’ Back

This is an article discussing 180 female attendants getting their job back after 12 years of campaigns and protest for their unjust layoff http://www.labornotes.org/2018/08/south-korea-after-12-years-protests-women-workers-get-dream-jobs-back

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