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Causes, consequences, and policy responses to the migration of health workers: key findings from India

This study examines the international migration of skilled healthcare professionals and how measures can be taken to reduce the negative impact of this migration. The four-country study included South Africa, …

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U.S. Workers Need Not Apply: Challenging Low-Wage Guest Worker Programs

Stanford Law & Policy Review, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2017  Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-44 The article argues that guestworker programs are harmful to all workers because …

Improving Access to Remedy in the Area of Business and Human Rights at the EU Level

European Union Agency for Human Rights paper (FRA) opinion discussing the possible avenues to lower barriers for access to remedy at the EU level in order to improve business and …

Female Labor Participation in Asia: Indonesia Country Study (2016)

This journal article by Asian Development Bank discusses the issue of wage gap between men and women in Indonesia and arrives at the conclusion, using mathematical and economical analysis, that …

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Wages of Labour Discrimination: Case Study on Nike Company in Indonesia (2017)

This journal article by International Journal of Academic Research in Public Policy And Governance analyzes from an economical standpoint on how a big company, such as Nike, conducted employment discrimination …

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LOI n° 2017-399 du 27 mars 2017 relative au devoir de vigilance des sociétés mères et des entreprises donneuses d’ordre

La loi française sur le devoir de vigilance des entreprises impose l’obligation légale d’identifier et de prévenir les impacts négatifs sur les droits de l’homme et l’environnement résultant de leurs …

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India: Migrant Workers in the Construction Industry: Recognition of the Rights of the Children of Migrant Workers

This paper explores the issues faced by the children of migrant construction workers in India. The construction industry in India is the single largest employer refugees and daily-wage migrant labor …

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From smugglers to supermarkets: the ‘informal economy’ touches us all

A Guardian article highlighting how much in common the “informalisation” of the economy in the west has with the pre-existing informal networks that exist in the developing world. The author …

Safeguarding the Rights of Asian Migrant Workers from Home to the Workplace

This report points to the growing number of labor migrants in Asia and examines the policy question of how to best safeguard their rights. Governments and stakeholders in both origin …

Legalizing Discrimination in Europe

The article discusses the reactions and potential fallout of a European Court of Justice ruling that allows employers to ban “the visible wearing of any political, philosophical or religious sign” …

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