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PAKISTAN’S GARMENT WORKERS NEED A SAFETY ACCORD

This report advocates for the establishment of a legally binding agreement, between apparel brands/retailers sourcing from Pakistan and labor rights groups/unions, for the purpose of ensuring workplace safety in Pakistan’s …

Turning the Law into a Shield for Street Vendors in African Countries

This brief, therefore, aims to compare civil law systems (prevalent in Francophone African countries) to common law systems (prevalent in Anglophone African countries) in relation to the issue of street …

“You Pray for Death” Trafficking of Women and Girls in Nigeria

When she was 18 in 2013, Adaura C. met a woman who promised her a job earning 150,000 naira (US$414) as a domestic worker in Libya. Adaura agreed, and the …

ANROEV OSH Newsletter (Jan – June 2019)

The ANROEV Secretariat conducts research on OSH. The ANROEV newsletter is the part of its regular intervention. This 44th edition includes: Homage to Chan Kam Hong OSH Strategic meeting Rotterdam …

No Year without Deaths – A Decade of Deregulation Puts Georgian Miners at Risk

“Mikheil, a miner for 35 years, died along with three other miners on July 16, 2018, in an underground explosion in the Tkibuli coal mine, in Imereti, Georgia. He was …

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Truck Driver Misclassification: Climate, Labor, and Environmental Justice Impacts

California has passed and continues to develop new policies designed to accelerate the adoption of low- and zero-emissions vehicles in the commercial trucking subsector.  These policies set increasingly stringent emissions …

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New York Law: A5618/S1040 amending the New York State Human Rights Law in relation to prohibiting employers from discriminating against victims of domestic violence

The Amendment broadens the definition of “victim of domestic violence” to make it consistent with the Domestic Violence Prevention Act (NY Soc. Serv. L § 459-A). In addition, although the …

Children at Work, Child Labor and Modern Slavery in India: An Overview

The paper summarizes the problem of child labor and modern slavery in India. The paper discusses the broad definitions of child labor and modern slavery, the extent of the problem …

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Leading apparel brands, trade unions and women’s rights organizations sign binding agreements to combat gender-based violence and harassment at key supplier’s factories in Lesotho

“Maseru, Lesotho; Washington, D.C. (August 15, 2019): Civil society groups, an international apparel manufacturer, and three global brands have agreed to launch a comprehensive pilot program intended to prevent gender-based violence …

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EU Directive on Transparent & Predictable Working Conditions in the European Union

With the Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions, workers in the EU will have the right to: more complete information on the essential aspects of their work, to be received …