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Labour Law deregulation in India: A threat to the application of international labour standards and workers’ rights

The drive for a more flexible labour market in India can be traced to the 1990s. The objective has been to liberalise the economy, ease restrictions on business, and boost …

Two Years In: Has the Duty of Vigilance Law led to more Meaningful Disclosure?

Key Findings While reporting remains relatively immature, it appears that the requirements of the Duty of Vigilance Law have pushed companies to improve their reporting. In certain areas, such as …

Antitrust, the Gig Economy, and Labor Market Power

Worker bargaining power has diminished over the last forty years. Between 1948 and 1979, median wages closely tracked output per worker.1 Since then, productivity has continued to increase (until leveling …

Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (SHWP) is a universal and widespread phenomenon that affects millions of women of all social strata worldwide. It is an endemic issue that has gained …

Netherlands: Guidelines on price arrangements between self-employed workers

Self-employed workers are undertakings. They determine their products, prices, and service themselves. That is why the competition rules also apply to self-employed workers. However, there are situations where the competition …

Tales of Hope, Tastes of Bitterness: Chinese Road builders in Ethiopia

How is China’s success in Africa experienced by those who work on the Chinese-run construction sites that have emerged across the continent? In Tales of Hope, Tastes of Bitterness (Hong Kong University …

Behind the Smiles: Amazon’s internal injury records expose the true toll of its relentless drive for speed

When Candice Dixon showed up for her first day of work at an Amazon warehouse in Eastvale, California, she stepped into a wonder of automation, efficiency and speed. Inside the …

The PRO Act and Workplace Fissuring

For too many people, work means low pay, unpredictable hours, and nonexistent opportunities for advancement. A major reason for this dire situation is what David Weil has termed “workplace fissuring.” Fissuring occurs …

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How protecting immigrant farmworkers benefits everyone in the food chain

Suppose all the people in US without proper documentation did all just leave one day. Millions, back to their countries of origin. What next? Well, those of us left behind …

Equality and Non-Discrimination: Inter-American Standards Compendium

The IACHR has prepared the present compendium for the purpose of providing a technical cooperation tool to be made available to users of the system, State agents of public policies, …

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