Empty Promises: The Failure of Voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives to Improve Farmer Incomes in the Ivorian Cocoa Sector

Between October 2018 and March 2019, Corporate Accountability Lab (CAL) staff interviewed farmers, tribal leaders in cocoa-growing villages, cocoa cooperatives and local and international NGOs to assess the impact of …

Labour reforms: No one knows the size of India’s informal workforce, not even the govt

The article deals with possible challenges that can be faced in legislating laws with regard to informal workers or unorganised sector workers. While the article deals with the economic statistics …

BILL: Corporate Human Rights Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Mitigation Act of 2019

This Bill was introduced for discussion in the U.S. Congress on July 11, 2019 https://financialservices.house.gov/uploadedfiles/bills-116pih-corphuman.pdf

Rajab Suliman v Rasier Pacific Pty Ltd [2019] FWC 4807 (12 July 2019)

Rajab Suliman v Rasier Pacific Pty Ltd [2019] FWC 4807 (12 July 2019) Date: July 12, 2019 Tribunal: Fair Work Commission Issue: Unfair Dismissal Finding: Independent Contractor Decision: Suliman was …

French court indicts Samsung on labor rights violations

A French court’s investigation of Samsung Electronics has culminated in charges being filed. The company is charged with making false claims about respecting the rights of workers at its Asian …

GUTHRIE THEATER and INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 13

The National Labor Relations Board ruled that the Guthrie Theater violated federal labor law in 2017 by downgrading the performance review of Molly Diers, a carpenter then working in the …

Doe v Nestle

The panel filed (1) an order amending its opinion, denying a petition for panel rehearing, and denying on behalf of the court a petition for rehearing en banc; and (2) …

The EU Seeking to Sanction South Korea for Not Ratifying ILO Conventions

The European Union (EU) officially requested to convene a panel of experts claiming that the South Korean government was not doing its part to ratify the core conventions of the …

California: Crown Act Banning Discrimination based on Hairstyles [SB 188]

“This bill would provide that the definition of race for these purposes also include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles, and …

South Korea: Non-Regular Worker Strike “I Worked 20 Years, But Only Earn 2 Million Won a Month” “Equal Work, Different Treatment”

Workers participating in a general strike from July 3 to 5 gathered under the name, “non-regular workers in the public sector,” but they perform a variety of jobs, such as …

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