HRDF Press Release: Migrant worker from Myanmar received 345,384 baht as compensation for loss of arm (ENG/THAI)

On 10 May 2019, Mr. La Min or Mr. Ku Lha Min, a migrant worker from Myanmar received 345,384 baht as compensation for the loss of his right arm while …

ILO, Address to the Seoul Bar Association on Core Labor Standards

Thailand: ประกันสังคมเผยดูแลแรงงานต่างด้าวเหมือนผู้ประกันตนคนไทย (Social Security office guarantee the equal protection of migrant workers as Thai workers.)

The article mentioned the statement of Mr. Anantachai Uthaipattanacheep, the Secretary of Social Security Office, Ministry of Labor that the protection in the system granted to legal migrant workers in …

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China: Growing Labor Sector Puzzled on Insurance

This news article describes the Chinese government’s possible new plan on widening the injury insurance policy with an intent to protect causal workers of online app-based employers. To achieve that …

Comentário: Jurisdição, acesso a remédios em casos comerciais e de direitos humanos e estrutura corporativa: uma história de dois casos

Esta nota apresenta dois casos, ambos relacionados à responsabilidade sob o dever de cuidar das empresas-mãe, a obrigação de 'due diligence' nas operações da cadeia de suprimentos e os obstáculos apresentados…

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Commentary: Jabir et al vs. KiK: Do EU companies have an extraterritorial duty towards suppliers in global production chains?

Multinational companies not only maintain subsidiaries in multiple jurisdictions but have increasingly outsourced production to independent suppliers. Industrial disasters like the Ali Enterprises (AE) factory fire in Karachi, Pakistan, or …

Protecting the workers of informal sector

International Labor Organization has demonstrated in its recent report that there are 2 billion workers across the world working in the informal economy. This constitutes 61 percent of the world’s …

South Korea: Supreme Court Decision 2017Du33510 Decided April 25, 2019 【Revocation of Readjudication on Relief Request for Unfair Labor Practice】

The legislative purport of Article 81 Subpar. 4 of the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act which stipulates one of the types of employers’ unfair labor practices In the …

The Supreme Court Decision of South Korea 2017Du33510 Decided April 25, 2019

An employer can conclude multiple collective bargaining agreements that differ in time and contents by negotiating separately with multiple trade unions, without simplification of bargaining windows as prescribed by Trade …

ILO insists that S. Korea guarantees freedom of association for unemployed and dismissed workers　

The International Labour Organization (ILO) reiterated its insistence that the South Korean government adopt legal measures to guarantee freedom of association for unemployed and dismissed workers. It also stated the …

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