Regulating Homework in the Philippines: Little Progress in Enforcement after Three Decades

“Homeworkers in the Philippines have had a tumultuous journey, shaped by shifting national and international trade policies. These shifts have arguably also affected the attention paid to issues faced by …

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Unexplained migrant worker deaths in Saudi Arabia

A FairSquare investigation into the deaths of low-paid migrant workers in Saudi Arabia suggests there is a critical absence of effective policies and processes to determine the cause of migrant …

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Are We Yet Sick of New Technologies? The Unequal Health Effects of Workplace Digitalization

“This study quantifies the relationship between workplace digitalization, characterized by the increasing use of frontier technologies, and workers’ health outcomes using novel and representative German linked employer-employee data. Analyzing changes …

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Revolutionizing health and safety: The role of AI and digitalization at work.

Based on an in-depth desk review, key informant interviews and a review of policy and practice, this report explores the changes digital technologies are bringing to safety and health at …

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House of gigs. Domestic workers, algorithmic management and the Platform Work Directive

This chapter examines the impact of digital intermediaries and algorithmic management (AM) systems on domestic work, a sector often marginalized in discussions of the gig economy. By revisiting the continuities …

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Gender-based undervaluation – priority awards review (Australia)

In the Annual Wage Review 2023–24 decision, this Commission determined to undertake a review (Review) on its own initiative pursuant to s 157(3)(a) of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) …

Issue Brief: How State and Local Government Can Support Workers’ Right to Form and Join Unions

For nearly a century, the right to form and join unions has been established by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). That right is imperiled by recent actions at the …

ETUC Transposition Guide – Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

This ETUC transposition guidance intends to help national and European trade unions in this transposition process at Member State and European level in order to make the CS3D even more …

Two years of the German Supply Chain Act: An interim assessment

Germany’s Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) has only been in force for two years, and the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (EU CSDDD) for less than one—yet both …

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ECUADOR: inconstitucionalidad de la Ley de Apoyo Humanitario (Covid)

Español: Corte Constitucional de Ecuador declara inconstitucionales los artículos laborales de la Ley de Apoyo Humanitário (Covid-19) En junio de 2020, el gobierno ecuatoriano publicó la Ley Orgánica de Apoyo …