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 …

Gender analysis of the Russian labor market

This research paper examines gender discrimination in Russia, including widespread inequality in pay. The research paper also contains statistical employment information disaggregated by gender. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280745063_Gender_analysis_of_the_Russian_labor_market

Migrant Workers’ Access to Justice at Home: Nepal

Migrant Workers’ Access to Justice Series (Open Society Foundations), 2014, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 14-22 This report summarizes a two-year study on how Nepal regulates …

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Investing in Human Rights: Using Bilateral Investment Treaties to Hold Multinational Corporations Liable for Labor Rights Violations

Hang contextualizes recent labor violations by multinational corporations in light of Chinese labor law and the development of bilateral investment treaties (BITs). She contends that BITs have provided inadequate protections …

South Korea: Court decision regarding administrative agency’s authority in examining trade union’s establishment report (Case Number: 2011Du6998)

This is a court decision regarding whether the administrative agency can substantially examine requirement under the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act for a trade union establishment report and …

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South African Informal Traders Forum and Others v City of Johannesburg and Others; South African National Traders Retail Association v City of Johannesburg and Others

(CCT 173/13 ; CCT 174/14) [2014] ZACC 8; 2014 (6) BCLR 726 (CC); 2014 (4) SA 371 (CC) (4 April 2014) “The Constitutional Court granted the applicants leave to appeal …

HOW MANY MORE YEARS A SLAVE? Trafficking for forced labour in Hong Kong

In light of recent cases on abuse of migrant domestic helpers in Hong Kong, this article identifies the gaps between international law and Hong Kong legislation on trafficking for forced …

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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 …

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