Dubai construction workers pursue employer over 10 months unpaid wages

Hundreds of Indian and Bangladeshi construction workers are pursuing their employer for unpaid wages stretching back 10 months, consular officials said. About 900 men living in company accommodation in Dubai …

Bangladesh could take over workplace safety despite ‘shocking unreadiness’

Bangladesh’s government could assume responsibility for safety in workplaces producing clothing for major western brands this week despite demonstrating a “shocking level of unreadiness” to do so, according to an …

EPZ-Arbeitsgesetz 2019 von Bangladesch

EPZ-Arbeitsverordnung 2019 (1)

V. George Weston Limited, 2018 ONCA 1053

Am 20. Dezember 2018 bekräftigte das Berufungsgericht in Ontario die Entscheidung des Obersten Gerichtshofs in Ontario, mit der eine Klage abgewiesen wurde, die im Namen von…

Foreign Workers: KL moves to reform policy

The new Malaysian government has moved to reform the country’s foreign workers’ recruitment and management policy, aiming to bring discipline to the sector. “What is happening now is that there …

Rana Plaza, Loblaw, and the Disconnect Between Legal Formality and Corporate Social Responsibility

Canada’s largest retailer was a major buyer from factories in Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza when the building collapsed in 2013 killing 1,130 people. Most of the dead and injured were workers …

Kernelemente eines bilateralen Abkommens oder eines Memorandum of Understanding zur Arbeitsmigration

Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) und bilaterale Arbeitsabkommen (BLAs) sind wichtige Instrumente zwischen den Herkunfts- und Zielländern. Sie tragen zur Regulierung der Arbeitsmigration bei, schützen die Rechte von Wanderarbeitnehmern…

DAS v GEORGE WESTON LIMITED

Victims of the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh filed a $2 billion class action lawsuit  against Loblaws and Joe Fresh. The plaintiffs’ tort case is that Loblaws, knowing of the notoriously …

ORGANIZING FOR LABOR RIGHTS: WOMEN WORKERS IN TEXTILE/READYMADE GARMENTS SECTOR IN PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH

This paper analyzes the working conditions and wages for female workers in the textile and apparel industries of Pakistan and Bangladesh. Referring to the findings of a survey conducted in …

Labor protection for the vulnerable: An evaluation of the salary and injury claims system for migrant workers in Singapore

This report examines Work Permit holders in Singapore who migrant workers from Bangladesh, China, and India.  These workers are the majority workforce in Singapore’s construction and marine sectors. The authors …

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