USA: Filipino teachers celebrate court victory in forced labour case

This is a press release reporting that a U.S. district court ordered a Los Angeles recruitment company to pay USD 4.5 million to 350 Filipino teachers for forced exploitive contracts. …

Germany: Gender Quotas for Large Companies and for Federal Bodies

This article informs on adoption of Gender Quota Legislation by the Germany’s Parliament. In accordance with the legislation, over 100 listed companies that have employee representation in their boards are …

Example of a Global Framework Agreement between Total and IndustriALL.

Example of a Global Framework Agreement between Total, the large French oil and gas company, and the IndustriALL Global Union. IndustriALL website, http://www.industriall-union.org/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/GFAs/Total/accord_monde_csr_total_-_industriall_global_union_-_22_janvier_2015_-_finale_-_english.pdf

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Taiwan’s labor right associations urge the government to stop self-revealing sensitive content in the resume

For many years, for the applicant to seek a job in Taiwan, they usually use the format provided by the employers or job finding websites. This format includes numerous questionnaires …

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Thailand: นายจ้างต้องปฎิบัติต่อลูกจ้างชายและหญิงโดยเท่าเทียมกันในการจ้าง (Employer must treat employee equally and not discriminate based on gender)

Thai Supreme Court (ฎ.15612/2548) ruled that employers must treat employees equally and not discriminate based on gender according to section 15 under the Labor Protection Act. However, employers can retire …

Injustice Incorporated: Corporate Abuses and the Human Right to Remedy (Mar 2014)

“This book explores the challenges involved in securing an effective remedy in cases where multinational companies are perpetrators of human rights abuse or are complicit in violations committed by State …

Armenia: Russia Puts Squeeze on Migrant Workers 

This article discusses the Armenian migrant workers in Russia. In 2014 Russia changes the law in the detriment of Armenian migrants. Armenian migrants were allowed to stay in Russia no …

Belgium: Frequently asked questions on the gender pay gap

The aim of the article is to inform more working women on how to avoid wage gaps between men and women in order to gradually reduce them. The article defines …

Indian Laws on Employee and Workplace Discrimination and Harassment

The article provides an understanding of the various anti-discrimination statutes in India. The article touches on the constitutional provisions that form the basis of the anti-discrimination statutes and then briefly …

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Social Protection for Thailand’s Informal Economy Workers

This article discusses the social protection for the informal economy which developed in Thailand after the big flooding in 2011. https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/features/WCMS_177229/lang–en/index.htm

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