Dealing with Employment Termination in China

An article dealing with the issue of employment termination in China for the education of multinational companies. The purpose of this article is to provide a framework to multinational companies …

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Article: “Brazil’s ‘dirty list’ names and shames companies involved in slave labour”

This is a newspaper article describing a Brazilian initiative against slave labor in supply chains. Since 1995, Brazil has a labor inspections program that visit sites to check workers’ conditions. …

Canada: Monrose v. Double Diamond Acres Limited (2013 HRTO 1273)

Not only did the tribunal award damages for the worker’s lost wages, but also non-pecuniary damages for the worker’s loss of dignity, feelings and self-respect for discriminatory treatment he experienced …

South Korea: Court decision setting forth the factors to be determined as a worker (Case Number: 2011Da44276)

This is a court decision which sets forth the criteria for determining worker status under the Labor Standards Act. (English) https://library.scourt.go.kr/SCLIB_data/decision/2011Da44276.htm (Korean) https://glaw.scourt.go.kr/wsjo/panre/sjo100.do?contId=2129438

Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum

Background: Nigerian nationals residing in United States sued Dutch, British, and Nigerian corporations pursuant to Alien Tort Statute (ATS), alleging that corporations aided and abetted Nigerian government in committing violations …

OECD Case: Swedwach vs. MöInlycke

NCPs involved: Sweden NCP COUNTRY OF OPERATIONS: Thailand DATE: 9 April 2013 STATUS: Rejected ISSUE: The complaint alleged that MöInlycke engaged in anti-union practices following wage negotiations with a local …

OECD Case: Swedwach vs. Electrolux

NCPs involved: Sweden NCP COUNTRY OF OPERATIONS: Thailand DATE: 9 April 2013 STATUS: Rejected ISSUE: The complaint alleged that an Electrolux subsidiary in Thailand engaged in anti-union practices following wage …

Japan: Equal Employment Opportunity Act, Having Passed the Quarter- Century Milestone

This article explains the enactment and transformation of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment (Equal Employment Opportunity Act) in Japan. …

Japan: Equal Employment Opportunity Act, Having Passed the Quarter- Century Milestone

This article explains the enactment and transformation of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment (Equal Employment Opportunity Act) in Japan. …

Swedish trade unions and European Union migrant workers

The article shows that intra-national variation can be explained by sectoral-based issues: that is, variation at both a country and sectoral level influences unions’ strategic choices towards migrant workers. The …

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