A major manufacturer in Taiwan is forcing some migrant workers out of private homes and back into shared accommodation at the height of the island’s worst Covid-19 outbreak since the pandemic began, …
‘Slavery’ found at a Malaysian glove factory. Why didn’t the auditor see it?
In December 2020, with coronavirus infections spreading rapidly across factories and workers’ dormitories in Malaysia, officials raided latex glove maker Brightway Holdings near Kuala Lumpur. They said they found workers …
Franco v. Deliveroo Australia Pty Ltd
The Fair Work Commission has found a delivery rider for Deliveroo was an employee and was unfairly dismissed, and ordered that their employment be reinstated.
Rampant fishing industry abuses dull Taiwan’s rights record
Taiwan’s lucrative fishing industry has come under fire for subjecting its migrant workforce to forced labor and other abuses, contrasting with the government’s promotion of the democratic island as a …
Korea: Gov’t considers allowing hiring of foreign housekeepers
The ministry said that the government will decide whether to legalize the hiring of foreign nationals as domestic workers, after a new law aimed at improving the working conditions of …
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With the government reluctant to ratify ILO C176, Pakistan’s miners are condemned to work in death traps
“Mohammad Israr, 17, says that he prays with a heavy heart every time he enters the deadly coal mine in the mineral-rich, south-western province of Balochistan that claimed the life …