Food delivery riders would be protected under a compensation scheme funded by a customer levy on food orders under a landmark proposal to go before the NSW government. The government …
Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020
The bill has been framed as a COVID recovery measure in order “to improve the operation and usability of the national industrial relations system,” including by “providing greater certainty and …
S. Korea to draw up rules for better working conditions for foreign fishing crews
South Korea said Monday it will launch a new set of rules next year to improve the working environment of foreign crews on local fishing boats, which centers on providing …
Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Uyghur Forced Labour) Bill 2020
The purpose of the Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Uyghur Forced Labour) Bill 2020 is to ban the importation of goods from Xinjiang in the People’s Republic of China …
U.S. bans cotton imports from China producer XPCC citing Xinjiang ‘slave labor’
The Trump administration expanded economic pressure on China’s western region of Xinjiang, banning cotton imports from a powerful Chinese quasi-military organization that it says uses the forced labor of detained …
Malaysia to charge Top Glove over poor worker accommodation, government says
Malaysia said on Tuesday it would file charges against Top Glove Corp because of poor worker accommodation provided by the world’s biggest maker of medical gloves. The Labour Department, part …
‘Moving mountains’: How Pakistan’s ‘invisible’ women won workers’ rights
Shamim Bano has been an invisible worker for 40 years. Working 12-hour days from home as a “cropper” in the port city of Karachi, she cuts the loose threads off …
A Job for Life, or Not? A Class Divide Deepens in Japan
“Two court rulings threaten to further entrench distinctions in Japan between “regular” workers and the growing ranks of nonregular employees, many of whom are women… Last month, after more than …
Indian teenage trafficking survivor wins ‘unprecedented’ compensation
A teenage trafficking survivor in India has won 900,000 rupees ($12,165) in a rare payout that lawyers said was “unprecedented” in size under the country’s compensation schemes for victims. The …
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