Catar: fim das permissões de saída abusivas para a maioria dos trabalhadores migrantes

HRW Press Release: O Catar anunciou em 16 de janeiro de 2020 que a maioria dos trabalhadores migrantes já havia impedido de sair do país sem a permissão de seus empregadores, incluindo trabalhadores domésticos, não precisará mais…

Catar facilita ainda mais restrições à saída dos trabalhadores migrantes

O Catar disse na quinta-feira que retirou as restrições de deixar o país para quase todos os trabalhadores migrantes, como parte de reformas que respondem a acusações de exploração, especialmente na véspera de…

A poderosa Apple, Google, Tesla, Dell e Microsoft estão no “dock” - Um olhar sobre a ação trabalhista infantil

Apple, Google (através de sua empresa-mãe Alphabet, Inc), Dell, Microsoft e Tesla foram apontados como réus no que poderia ser um caso histórico referente ao uso de crianças…

Child-Slavery Appeals by Nestle, Cargill Draw High Court Inquiry

The U.S. Supreme Court signaled interest in giving companies a broader shield from lawsuits by victims of overseas atrocities, asking the Trump administration for advice on a case stemming from …

Qualitative feedback from community participants, NGOs and external stakeholders on Freedom Fund interventions to reduce the prevalence of bonded labour in Northern India

This report evaluates the relevance, effectiveness and efficiency, and the sustainability of the Northern India Hotspot model in reducing bonded labor. The Northern India Hotspot model, launched in 2014, is …

For migrants, letter of law not always guarantee of protection

The government issued Law No. 18/2017 as a new umbrella agreement for labor rights and protections two years ago in November, amending the previous 2004 Labor Law that activists deemed …

Three national hotel chains in Houston sued for promoting sex trafficking

Three sex trafficking victims this month sued three major hotel chains in parallel lawsuits by advocates who say the companies exercised gross negligence about on-site prostitution at Houston branches despite …

NGOs, businesses urge US Labor Department include distant-water fishing in forced labor list

Greenpeace USA, AFL-CIO, Human Rights Watch, Environmental Justice Foundation, Whole Foods Market, and 19 other groups have sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor requesting the organization end its …

Travail des enfants en RDC: plainte aux États-Unis contre les géants de la tech

Tesla, Apple, Google, Dell et Microsoft sont accusés de complicité de travail forcé d’enfants dans les mines de cobalt en RDC. Certains de ces enfants ont été tués et mutilés pour produire …

Doe v Apple Inc., et al

On December 16, 2019. a lawsuit was filed in federal court in Washington DC against Apple, Google, Dell, Microsoft and Tesla by Congolese families who say their children were killed …

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