China and Japan Sign Social Security Totalization Treaty

China and Japan signed the China–Japan Social Security Treaty in May, 2018. According to the treaty, dispatching employees, seamen and flight attendants of Chinese investment companies, diplomatic personnel and government …

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Labor exchange between South Korea and North Korea is near and ‘Kaesong Industrial Complex’ labor law should be improved

Political environment between South Korea and North Korea is improving and there is an expectation that Kaesong Industrial Complex (a special administrative industrial region in North Korea) which was closed …

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The Employment Relationship and Movement Strategies among Domestic Workers in India

This article explains how paid domestic workers in India are organizing themselves in female-dominated unions to define their relationship with their employers and demanding labor rights. The article focuses on …

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South Korea: Major Labor Law Related Court Decisions in 2017

This paper reviews 12 major decisions of the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court on labor law in 2017 (in Korean). The abstract of the cases is set forth on …

Dilemmas in Rescue and Reintegration: A critical assessment of India’s policies for children trafficked for labour exploitation

The paper summaries the efforts made by the Indian government to address and prevent child trafficking. It is based on a study conducted by FXB Center for Health & Human …

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Informal Internet workers are an emerging labor market

Internet workers are emerging as a new type of labor market in China. They lack labor protection due to the lag-behind of laws and enforcement. They usually don’t have social …

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Employment & Labour Law 2018 | Indonesia

This Q&A type article provides information on nine topics of employment and labor law in Indonesia, including 1) terms and conditions of employment, 2) employee representation and industrial relations, 3) …

Delivery Workers (Gig Economy) in China have very little employment protection

Delivery men in China have very little employment protection, but there is an increasing number of them. The legal question here is whether these delivery men signed a delivery contract …

Indonesia’s Inadequate Protections for Migrant Workers

An Indonesian driver named Muhammad Zaini Misrin was executed in Saudi Arabia for the alleged murder of his employer. Migrant Care, an Indonesian organization focusing on the welfare of migrant workers, …

China: Report from Beijing Chaoyang District Court “White Paper on Trial of Labor Disputes on Internet Platforms”

Chaoyang Court is also famous in China and experienced in deciding cases regarding to online platforms. From 2015-2018, the court decided 188 cases of labor disputes on Internet platforms. In …