The article summarizes the occupational health problems that affect Indian workers in the informal sector. Over 92% of the Indian workforce in the informal economy do not have any access …
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UK: Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices (the “Taylor Review”)
The Taylor Review is the 116-page document on which the December 2018 United Kingdom (“U.K.”) “Good Work Plan” was based. The Taylor Review is an independent report commissioned in 2016 …
UK, EU: “In Unions We Trust! Analysing Confidence in Unions across Europe”
This article reports on the findings of an empirical study undertaken in fourteen European countries, exploring whether there is a genuine crisis regarding “confidence in unions”. It emerges that unions …
Mongolia: Monitoring by the Trade Unions on the Implementation of the Labour Law
This report was conducted by the National Legal Institute of Mongolia in 2008. It examines the current role of representative organizations and discusses the need and legal means to advance …
The French Law on Duty of Care: A Historic Step Towards Making Globalization Work for All
The difficult journey of the French Bill on the duty of care of parent and subcontracting companies came to an end on 23 March 2017, when the French Constitutional Council …
Law Review on Age Discrimination for Job Seekers in Indonesia (2017)
This journal article in International Institute for Science, Technology and Education explains the basic framework of anti-discrimination law in Indonesia, and how it does not cover age-based discrimination. Article 28I(2) of …
“Transnational Collective Agreements and the Development of New Spaces for Union Action: The Formal and Informal Uses of International and European Framework Agreements in the UK”
This article explores the relevance of transnational collective agreements (TCAs) for industrial relations on an international and UK basis. The empirical study considers four UK multinational companies covered by TCAs, …
Occupational Safety and Health in the Oil and Gas Industry in Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries
This paper considers the occupational safety and health problem in the oil and gas industry. Workers in this industry may suffer physical risks, biological risks and overtime. Kenya mainly uses …
Occupational health hazards in street sweepers of Chandrapur city, central India
The study summarizes the findings of the health hazards of street sweepers in Chandrapur city in Central India. The findings show that a significant number of street sweepers suffer from …
UK: “Digital Labour”
In this chapter of the book, “Digital Geographies,” the authors look at both how geography matters and for whom it matters as employers increasingly utilize income-generating “digital labor” located around …
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