The Uttar Pradesh government has approved an ordinance exempting businesses from the purview of almost all labour laws for the next three years in a bid to provide a fillip …
‘They just don’t care’: Millions of garment workers facing destitution as Britain’s high street billionaires fail to honour contracts
In his factory in Chittagong, Bangladesh’s main port and trading hub, Mostafiz Uddin has a mountain stacked high of 100,000 pairs of jeans with nowhere to go. The piles of …
Samsung Heir Apologizes for Corruption and Union-Busting Scandals
The de facto head of Samsung, Lee Jae-yong, apologized on Wednesday for the corruption and union-busting scandals that have bedeviled his conglomerate, declaring that he will be the last of his family …
Pakistan: Rabbani, rights activists decry ban on trade unions at PIA
KARACHI : Veteran politician Mian Raza Rabbani, who is currently serving as a Pakistan Peoples Party senator and has also been a former chairman of the Senate, has berated the …
70 percent of industries found flouting govt decision to provide regular payment to workers
Seventy percent industries have been found to have defied the government decision to fully pay their workers for the Nepali month of Chaitra (March-April). During a primary survey on the …
CBP Issues Detention Order on Hair Products Manufactured with Forced Labor in China
Effective May 1, at all U.S. ports of entry, U.S. Customs and Border Protection will detain imported merchandise made wholly or in part with hair products manufactured by Hetian Haolin …
On International Labour Day, workers remain under lockdown racked with uncertainty caused by Covid-19 pandemic
This year’s International Labour Day was a quiet affair. There were no rallies, no sloganeerings and no formal events to mark the day, as the entire country has remained under a …
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Age discrimination in a pandemic: COVID-19 and inequality at work
“COVID-19 is fundamentally reshaping the economy and world of work. Mass layoffs – in tourism, bars, clubs, cafes and restaurants, cinemas and casinos, but also increasingly in professional services – …