The Global Governance of Paid Domestic Work: Comparing the Impact of ILO Convention No. 189 in Ecuador and India

The article explains the situation of domestic workers in Ecuador through the years and how their situation has changed, comparing it with the experience in India, after the ILO Convention …

House approves prohibiting transgender discrimination

The New Hampshire House voted in March 2018 to expand the state’s anti-discrimination law to include transgender people. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-hampshire/articles/2018-03-07/house-to-vote-on-prohibiting-transgender-discrimination

Peru: Regulation of Act N° 30709, Act that prohibits remunerative discrimination between men and women

Title in Spanish: Reglamento de la Ley N° 30709, Ley que prohíbe la discriminación remunerativa entre varones y mujeres. The regulation of the act that prohibits remunerative discrimination between men and …

R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission et al

R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes argued that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act protected their ability to fire a transgender worker. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed, finding that  …

Litigation Risk Focuses Minds on Modern Slavery

The article discusses “the emergence of court actions using existing legal frameworks to bring abusers of human rights to justice in the courts,” particularly in the case of transnational corporations …

Danell Tomasella, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. THE HERSHEY COMPANY

The class action claim alleges that Hershey knowingly benefitted from child labor in the cocoa supply chain in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire and failed to disclose such information to consumers …

Altitude Express v. Zarda

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Title VII does cover discrimination because of sexual orientation. The case concerns a recreational parachuting company that fired one of its trainers, David Zarda, …

Canada Announces Two New Initiatives to Hold Companies Accountable for Human Rights Violations Abroad

The authors describe two recently-announced Canadian initiatives designed to address “human trafficking, child labor, and other forms of forced labor in global corporate operations.” The article further details the role …

Labor rights of foreign migrants in Ecuador

Title in Spanish: Derechos laborales de los migrantes extranjeros en el Ecuador The Ministry of Labor of Ecuador published a document with guidelines for the control of the exercise of …

Implementing & Administering a Successful Social Compliance Program

This article for the New York City Bar is quite pervasive into the world of “transparency” in supply chain accountability. It is a broad overview of the timeline of large …