This article summarizes the issue of child labor in India. Though the work participation rate of children in the country is down over the decades, India still has a high …
Is there a glimmer of hope for Vietnamese workers?
Last November, the Vietnamese National Assembly took a long-awaited decision on a demand that came from both inside and outside the country: to authorise independent trade unions from 2021. The measure, …
Hamida Begum v Maran (UK) Ltd
The Claimant brings a claim against Maran UK Limited for negligence and breach of common law duty of care relating to fatal injuries suffered by the Claimant’s late husband, MD …
Commission decides to partially withdraw Cambodia’s preferential access to the EU market
The European Commission has decided to withdraw part of the tariff preferences granted to Cambodia under the European Union’s Everything But Arms’ (EBA) trade scheme due to the serious and …
Dutch National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines Final Statement UNI Global Union vs. VEON
The NCP’s statement respond to a complaint filed by UNI Global union in 2016. UNI Global Union’s complaint alleged that the company harassed workers to suppress organizing with the Banglalink …
Indian couple gets jail in Singapore’s first labour trafficking conviction
An Indian couple was sentenced to more than five years in jail in Singapore on Tuesday for exploiting migrant women, the first labour trafficking conviction in the affluent nation that …
Nepal to probe why 1,000 migrant workers die in Asia, Middle East each year
In a ruling welcomed by activists, Nepal’s Supreme Court this month ordered the government to investigate cases of Nepalese workers who lose their lives abroad, amid efforts to crack down …
‘Mollah’s life was typical’: the deadly ship graveyards of Bangladesh
In March 2018 Mollah fell from the eighth storey of the Ekta, a 300,000-tonne super-tanker that was being cut up at the Zuma Enterprise ship-breaking yard on Sitakunda beach. London …
Ministry launches code of ethics to protect 1.2M migrant workers
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training on Wednesday launched a code of ethics for private recruitment agencies to follow in order to better protect migrant workers. Consisting of 12 articles, …
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