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Australia’s Modern Slavery Act: IS IT FIT FOR PURPOSE?

Australia’s Modern Slavery Act: Is It Fit For Purpose? is the third report released in a multi-year collaborative project evaluating company responses to Australia’s modern slavery reporting regime, and follows earlier …

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Striking Against All Odds

“More than two years have passed since the coup in Myanmar. There have been crackdowns on trade unions shortly after the coup, and militant union leaders have been arrested or driven …

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Indonesian lawmakers ratify govt regulation on jobs

Indonesia’s parliament on Tuesday ratified a government regulation that replaces a controversial law on job creation, but critics remain unhappy, saying it will still benefit businesses at the expense of …

South Korea wanted a 69-hour workweek. Young people weren’t having it.

Im, who spoke on the condition that only his last name be used because he was not authorized by his employer to speak publicly, is among the millions of South …

South Indian State of Karnataka Liberalizes Labor Law After Lobbying by Apple, Foxconn

In a landmark move, industries in the southern state of Karnataka can now extend the working hours for labor by up to 12 hours a day but must cap the …

Nepal: Seasonal Workers Management Guidelines

Nepali Seasonal Workers’ Management Guidelines 2079 (in Nepali)

Nepal: Reintegration Directive for Returnee Migrant Workers

Please find here the Reintegration Directives_unofficial translation of the new directive (English) Here is the official directive Reintegration Directives Nepali

Upholding Qantas’s decision to sack staff would weaken workplace rights, union warns

Upholding Qantas’s decision to sack staff ahead of industrial action would create “uncertainty” about accessing workplace rights and water down protections against other forms of discrimination, such as sacking workers …

Toxic chemical leak accident’ employee of a large company jailed for 1 year (original in Korean)

A prison term was sentenced to the executive director of L company, who is accused of exposing four employees of a subcontractor to toxic chemicals while working in defiance of …

India: The Code On Social Security 2020: Addressing The Key Changes And Their Impact

To reform the archaic labour and employment law legislations pertaining to social security, the Central Government has enacted the Code on Social Security, 2020 (“Code“) with an aim to extend …

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