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Kuwait to enforce mandatory exit permits for foreign workers in private sector starting July 2025

Kuwait will require all foreign workers in the private sector to obtain an employer-approved exit permit before they can leave the country. This policy is set to take effect from …

Lyft asks Gov. Polis to veto rideshare safety bill as companies threaten to leave Colorado

Lyft is joining Uber in asking that Gov. Jared Polis veto a bill passed with overwhelming support from legislators intended to make rideshares safer. In a letter shared with FOX31, Lyft told Polis that …

The death-by-1000-cuts approach to employment rights

Death by a thousand cuts is historically a form of torture and execution originating from Imperial China. More recently in psychology, death by a thousand cuts is a way in …

Resources

Examining Migrant Workers’ Rights in Fishing Industry of Thailand after Ratification of ILO C188: A Case Study of Burmese Migrant Workers in Ranong Province, Thailand

Thailand’s fishing industry is heavily reliant on migrant workers and has been boycotted by several members of the international community for human rights violations, leading to significant losses of seafood …

Adapting to the Heat: Existing Global Responses for Workers’ Protections in Construction, Building Materials, Wood and Forestry Industries.”

“As the world reels from record-breaking heat, with 2024 officially the hottest year ever and 2025 already registering dangerous spikes across continents, the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) launches …

Ontario’s Controversial Bill 5 and Labour Rights: A Dangerous Precedent

Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025, introduced this week, hides Schedule 9, Special Economic Zones Act, 2025. Bill 5’s potential gutting of protections and rights of workers, …

AMES v. OHIO DEPT. OF YOUTH SERVICES

Petitioner Marlean Ames, a heterosexual woman, has worked for the Ohio Department of Youth Services in various roles since 2004. In 2019, the agency interviewed Ames for a new management …

Collective bargaining laws need to be front and centre in formalisation efforts

Collective bargaining must be at the heart of the upcoming International Labour Conference (ILC), as member states confront the sluggish progress made worldwide towards formalisation of the informal economy, despite a …

Realising Decent Work in the Platform Economy: Addressing Intermediated Platform Employment in Food Delivery and Data Work

“The digital platform economy has grown rapidly across sectors, encompassing services from transportation and delivery to data annotation and content moderation. While much of the policy focus has been on …

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