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UN Human Rights Committee: Bholi Pharaka v Nepal

The Committee’s decision came in response to an individual complaint from Mr. Bholi Pharaka (pseudonym), a member of an indigenous group who was a domestic worker in Kathmandu from the …

About time we made space for street vendors in Delhi | Opinion

The famous roadside books bazaar at Daryaganj has not been held for the last four weeks following the Delhi high court’s order banning weekly market at Netaji Subhash Marg, which …

Australia to help ASEAN firms tackle slavery in supply chains

“A multi-million dollar anti-trafficking strategy between Australia and Southeast Asian nations will look at new ways to help businesses root out slavery in their supply chains, a senior foreign ministry …

Children at Work, Child Labor and Modern Slavery in India: An Overview

The paper summarizes the problem of child labor and modern slavery in India. The paper discusses the broad definitions of child labor and modern slavery, the extent of the problem …

Mars, Nestle, other food companies face complaints of forced labor at palm oil supplier

Palm oil is common in U.S. diets, yet it lives in obscurity. Big food manufacturers add it to a wide array of packaged foods — it is in Skittles, Oreos …

Petition in Supreme Court seeks to ensure safety of Indian workers in the Gulf

“CHENNAI: Soon Indian workers migrating to the Gulf countries may get at least minimum protection to their life, dignity, and wage, as the Supreme Court has sought the response of …

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With Supreme Court order on pensions, 4 crore invisible home-base workers move closer to recognition

Last Friday, the Supreme Court handed out a landmark ruling when it ordered a garments firm named Godvari Garments Limited to pay Rs 10 lakh in pensions to women who stitched clothes …

Morrison’s union-busting laws will further repress right to strike

It is well-established that the right to strike is protected under the International Labour Organization’s 1948 Freedom of Association Convention and 1949 Convention on the Right to Organise. However, this is another internationally …

India: Informal workers’ rights with respect to the payment of minimum wages (Code of Wages, 2019)

In August 2019, the Indian Parliament passed the Code on Wages, 2019 (“Wages Code”).  The Wages Code, along with codes on social security, industrial safety and welfare, and industrial relations …

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Indian unions hold nationwide protest against anti-worker labour law ‘reforms’

A massive wave of protest across the country on 2 August against the Modi government’s corporate friendly labour law reforms highlights the crisis of social dialogue in India. Workers across …

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