Commentary: How to Fight Sexual Harassment at Work? Empower Women Workers through Trade Unions

No-one was within earshot, but Roja (not her real name), a garment worker, spoke in whispers as we walked in a park on a Sunday, her day off, in Mysore …

THREE SECTORS, THREE YEARS LATER: Progress and Gaps in the Fight Against Forced Labor

“Violations of the rights of workers persist in today’s corporate supply chains. In articles published in the months ahead of the writing of this report, workers cited an array of …

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“Paying for a Bus Ticket and Expecting to Fly” How Apparel Brand Purchasing Practices Drive Labor Abuses

This report is based largely on interviews with garment suppliers, social compliance auditors, and garment industry experts, including those with at least a decade’s experience sourcing for numerous global brands; …

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Remedy in Business and Human Rights Cases The Role of National Human Rights Institutions

From 22–24 October 2018, the German Institute for Human Rights and the Danish Institute for Human Rights hosted a workshop in Berlin for national human rights institutions (NHRIs) on remedy …

LYFT AND OTHER GIG-ECONOMY GIANTS CASH IN WITH IPOS BEFORE LABOR LAWS CATCH UP WITH THEM

Lyft, Uber, and Postmates are racing to file IPOs this year, a mad dash replete with ever-increasing multibillion-dollar valuations. But is the rush to start trading on the public markets also a …

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Decent work for homeworkers in global supply chains: Existing and potential mechanisms for worker-centred governance

As informal wage-workers who lack recognition and legal and social protections, homeworkers face a range of decent work deficits. This paper analyses the potential of existing national and global governance …

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FULL DISCLOSURE: Towards Better Modern Slavery Reporting

A new report, Full Disclosure: Toward Better Modern Slavery Reporting, by ICAR and Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) takes stock of progress made under current modern slavery reporting requirements and …

WIEGO Newsletter on Law & the Informal Economy (EN, ES, FR)

English: http://www.wiego.org/wiego/newsletter-law-informal-economy-march-2019 Spanish: http://www.wiego.org/wiego/boletin-informativo-del-programa-de-derecho-marzo-2019 French: http://www.wiego.org/wiego/bulletin-dinformation-du-programme-droit-mars-2019

The Future of Work: Litigating Labour Relationships in the Gig Economy

This briefing describes the sharp-edged contest between gig companies—whose business models rest on not paying for workers’ social protections— and the workers and their lawyers who refuse to see essential …

What does the JAM v IFC decision win mean for impacted communities?