This is a court decision regarding whether labor union can waive wages or severance payment rights of individual employees through collective agreement and the effect of a collective agreement to …
Asia & the Pacific
Migrant workers’ rights—A handbook for Indonesian Trade Unions
The Handbook is aimed at assisting trade unions to better understand the labour migration debate, and the international instruments that provide minimum benchmarks that governments can refer to when formulating …
CORPORATE SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS IN THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN: RESISTANCE, RECONSIDERATION, AND RESOLUTION IN CHINA
This Article provides a view on corporate social accountability standards from a Chinese perspective, a slightly different angle from that of legal scholars in the United States. The legal literature …
Situation of Filipino Migrant Workers in Taiwan
Filipinos started working in Taiwan as undocumented workers even before the Taiwan government formally imported migrant workers in 1990. The migrant workers in Taiwan face very difficult situations, including excessive …
Taiwan: A Preliminary Study of the Impact of Foreign Domestic Helpers and Guardian Workers on Domestic Employment
By the end of 2001, the number of admitted foreign blue-collar workers to Taiwan was around 380,632 persons. Among them, 33.59% was for caretaker job, and 3.13% for domestic helper …
South Korea: Court decision regarding industrial action without votes of labor union members and criminal charges (Case Number: 99Do4837)
This is a court decision regarding whether industrial action without votes of labor union members is justifiable under the criminal law, and the criteria for the industrial action to be …
[Contract of Employment] Liluk Andayani v. Chan Oi Ling [2001]
The appellant is a young Indonesian migrant domestic helper. She entered into a contract of employment with the respondent and was told by the Agent that her salary would be …
[Immigration and Right of Residence] Yueqiang Li v. The Head of Immigration Department [2001]
The applicant, Yueqiang Li came to Hong Kong as an imported worker in 1993 and maintained this identity until 1995. After that, he stayed illegally in Hong Kong until then. …
ILO News: International Labor Standards in Hong Kong to Be Continued
The 85th International Labor Conference announced that International labor Standards prevailing in Hong Kong prior to the transfer of sovereignty would be applied after 1 July 1997 by the Government of …
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The ombudsman requested the constitutional court to consider the constitutionality of the Judicial Regulations Act, B.E. 2543 (2000) section 26 paragraph 1 (10) according to section 30 of the constitution …