Uber faces class action in Victoria

Controversial ride-hailing service Uber is facing a class action in Victoria, with around 1,000 taxi drivers backing the move from Maurice Blackburn. The law firm will lodge a class action …

China: Laws and Provisions of gender employment discrimination

https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1614764656485199662&wfr=spider&for=pc This article is a summary of laws and provisions of gender employment discrimination published by Liaoning province Women’s federal. Provisions refer to gender employment discrimination include Labor Law of …

South Korea grants temporary permits to Yemeni refugees

The South Korean government did not recognize a single refugee in its second review of hundreds of Yemeni asylum seekers who applied for status after arriving on Jeju Island. The government …

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Kenyans Say Chinese Investment Brings Racism and Discrimination

RUIRU, Kenya — Before last year, Richard Ochieng’, 26, could not recall experiencing racism firsthand. Not while growing up as an orphan in his village near Lake Victoria where everybody …

Court decision regarding inclusion of evaluation bonus in the average wage (Case number: 2015Du36157)

This is a court decision involving the calculation of average wage at a public institution. If the bonus is continuously and regularly paid and the conditions for the bonus are …

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Dying for China’s economic miracle: migrant workers ravaged by lung disease, fighting to pay for their funerals

Lack of contract denies compensation to many, while slow response from local government means more could die before medical and financial help arrives. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2167706/dying-chinas-economic-miracle-migrant-workers-ravaged-lung

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Women’s groups oppose World Bank proposals to weaken labor rights

A broad range of feminist organizations and allies have expressed opposition and concerns over the World Bank’s recent recommendations in the World Development Report 2019, which focuses on increasing labor flexibility …

Foreign Workers: KL moves to reform policy

The new Malaysian government has moved to reform the country’s foreign workers’ recruitment and management policy, aiming to bring discipline to the sector. “What is happening now is that there …

Indonesia National Recommendations for the 11th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour — “Digitalisation to Promote Decent Work for Migrant Workers in ASEAN”

Indonesia submitted national recommendations for ASEAN Forum on migrant labor to improve digitalization management and to prove digital services to migrant workers. Recommendations include integrating tools into one platform for …

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Samsung Chairman Indicted for Allegedly Sabotaging Labor Union

South Korean prosecutors indicted the board chairman of Samsung Electronics Co. on charges of illegally cracking down on a labor union, delivering another legal blow to the world’s largest chipmaker. Prosecutors in …