Interpretations of Brazilian labor reform by labor magistrates

In 2017, when the labor reform was approved in Brazil, the National Association of Labor Justice Magistrates (ANAMATRA) approved a document containing 125 summaries about the interpretation and application of …

“But we want to work”: The movement of child workers in Peru and the actions for reducing child labor. (Paywall)

This article tackles child labor. It focuses on the program Edúcame Primero (Educate Me First) and its application in Peru, Colombia, and some Central American countries. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajcp.12180

US EEOC and Peru sign historic national collaboration and dissemination agreement to combat labor discrimination

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of the United States of America and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru have signed a Memorandum of Understanding by which they commit to …

LABOR PLATFORMS AND GIG WORK: THE FAILURE TO REGULATE

Ruth Berins Collier, V.B. Dubal, and Christopher Carter. (2017). “Labor Platforms and Gig Work: The Failure to Regulate”. IRLE Working Paper No. 106-17. Since 2012, the platform economy has received …

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Canada: Browning v. Northend Body Shop Ltd. (2017 HRTO 1001)

The tribunal has found that the employer refused to offer the applicant a certain job because of her sex and made discriminatory comments on her during the interview. The tribunal …

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Brazil Case Law: TRT-RO-0000108-81.2012.5.02.0081

This case is an example of how some of the lower courts are now deciding cases of violations in supply chains. The Regional Labor Court of São Paulo (TRT-2) confirmed, …

Brazil judicial decision: supply chain violations accountability – Case number: TRT-RO-0000108-81.2012.5.02.0081

This case, TRT-RO-0000108-81.2012.5.02.0081, is an example of how some of the lower courts are now deciding cases of violations in supply chains. The Regional Labor Court of São Paulo (TRT-2) …

Brazil Case Law: TST-ED-E-ED-RR-1144-53.2013.5.06.0004

The Brazilian Higher Labor Court (TST) unanimously decided that the outsourcing law enacted in March 2017 only applies to employment contracts started and finished after the statute came into force. …

Judical Opinion of Brazil “outsourcing law” – Case number: TST-ED-E-ED-RR-1144-53.2013.5.06.0004

The Brazilian Higher Labor Court (TST) unanimously decided in Case number: TST-ED-E-ED-RR-1144-53.2013.5.06.0004 that the outsourcing law enacted in March 2017 only applies to employment contracts started and finished after the …

Carribean Migrants Risk Danger and Discrimination for a New Life in Chile

Many Haitians and Dominicans are moving to Chile in search of better working conditions, but Chile’s anti-immigration policies make the trip extremely dangerous and can force immigrant workers in Chile …

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