Saudi companies opt for subcontracting over direct hires, resulting in acute and unchecked exploitation

The experiences of construction, hospitality, and retail sector workers shed light on how both agencies and employers mislead potential recruits about the terms of their employment and manipulate them into …

Council adopts position to ban products made with forced labour on the EU market

The Council has today adopted its position (negotiating mandate) on the regulation prohibiting products made with forced labour on the EU market. The negotiating mandate of the Council supports the …

Bitter Brew: Modern slavery in the coffee industry

“Despite repeated promises from coffee multinationals to do better, their supply chains are still riddled with cases of modern slavery. As shown in a new analysis by SOMO and Conectas, this dark …

En caso de Esclavitud moderna contra la empresa japonesa Furukawa, en Ecuador, ILAW Network presentó Amicus Curiae ante la Corte Constitucional

Como Red Internacional de Abogados Laborales de Trababajadores/as ILAW presentó ante la Corte Constitucional del Ecuador un escrito de Amicus Curiae en el caso de la empresa japonesa Furukawa investigada …

Migrant fruit picker who ‘struggled to buy food after being underpaid by British farm’ sues employers

A migrant fruit picker is suing a Britishfarm in a landmark employment tribunal over claims she was underpaid, worked six-day weeks and had to buy her own protective equipment. Sapana Pangeni, …

CASE OF KRACHUNOVA v. BULGARIA (Application no. 18269/18)

In the case of Krachunova v. Bulgaria the Court held that there had been a violation of the prohibition of slavery and forced labour. The case concerned the applicant’s attempts to …

Stringency of US Forced Labor Law Is Crucial to Its Success

For far too long, many companies have been able to hide behind opaque supply chains replete with human rights abuses. Business as usual, however, is no longer a given in …

How Uyghur Forced Labor Makes Seafood That Ends Up in School Lunches

Few workplaces are as gritty and brutal as distant-water fishing ships from China, and there are a lot of them: With as many as 6,500 ships, China today operates the world’s …

Pay Thousands to Quit Your Job? Some Employers Say So.

Before moving to the United States, Vidal had signed a contract stipulating that, if he quit or got fired within three years, he would owe A.C.S. an unspecified amount of …

SETTING THE SCENE FOR AN EFFECTIVE FORCED LABOUR BAN IN THE EU

The European Union is in the process of developing new legislation to address the challenge of forced labour along global value chains by banning products made with forced labour from …

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