OECD Case: PWT Group’s role in the Rana Plaza collapse

NCPs involved: Danish Business Authority Erhvervsstyrelsen COUNTRY OF OPERATIONS: Bangladesh DATE: 12 December 2014 STATUS: Concluded ISSUE: The complaint alleged that PWT Group failed to carry out due diligence regarding …

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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 …

Policy on Labor Migration for Cambodia

This Policy builds on the previous Policy on Labor Migration for Cambodia 2010-2015, expanding on the three main objectives of (1) formulation and implementation of rights-based and gender- sensitive policy …

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Article from the Editor: “Embarrassment: The New Union-Organizing Tool”

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mare.30011 From the author: “In recent years, unions and other third parties have heavily used public embarrassment as a means of organizing employees. The key to conventional union organizing is …

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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Wages, Collective Bargaining and Economic Development in Germany (Towards a more expansive and solidaristic development?)

Trade union role in determination of wage through collective bargaining has decreased significantly in the last decade in Germany. However, with the introduction of minimum wage at the national level …

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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 …

Chain liability in multitier supply chains? Responsibility attributions for unsustainable supplier behavior

When it becomes publicly known that products are associated with suppliers that engage in unsustainable behaviors, consumers protest, as Nestlé, Zara, and Kimberly Clark, among others, have learned. The phenomenon …

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