Malaysian rubber glove makers have started paying back thousands of migrant workers for recruitment fees totaling tens of millions of dollars since the U.S. stopped importing from some of them …
Enforcement of Act 446 crucial to ensuring country free of forced labour, human trafficking, says Saravanan
The continuous enforcement of the Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990 (Act 446) is crucial to ensuring efforts to eradicate elements of forced labour and human trafficking …
NEW DRAFT LAW DEALS A MAJOR BLOW TO UKRAINE’S GIG WORKERS
On November 2, 2020, a group of MPs submitted a draft law No.4303 “On promoting the development of digital economy in Ukraine”. This draft law contains multiple dangerous provisions that would …
Korean national labor board recognizes “gig economy” driver for ride-hailing platform as employee.
The Central Labor Commission decided that the driver of Tada, a vehicle calling service, should be viewed as a legal worker. I accepted the request for relief from unfair dismissal filed …
EU urged to demand tougher Thai labour safeguards before trade talks
The European Union should ensure that Thailand tightens its labour laws as a condition for resuming trade talks, rights groups and big companies said, accusing the country of doing too …
U.S. rapped over gaps in catching slave-made imports
A drive by the United States to block illegal imports of goods made by forced labor has been hampered by a lack of skilled staff and reliable data, a government …
Gig workers get collective bargaining rights
Gig economy workers will be able to collectively bargain for their rates under a new exemption from competition laws for small businesses and independent contractors. The Australian Competition and Consumer …
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Who gets reformed, capital or labour? The challenges to Indian labour during the pandemic and times ahead
“The International Labour Organization (ILO) reports that about 400 million people who belong to the massive informal workforce which constitutes 90% of India’s workers fell into poverty during Covid-19 (ILO, …