Moving from informal to formal sector and what it means for policymakers

The World Bank posted this article by Monami Dasgupta, an analyst at IFMR Finance Foundation. Dasgupta highlights how workers in the informal economy are often missing a regulatory environment which …

The Political Economy of Russian Migration Politics

This paper contains a general overview of significant amendments to migration legislation and current developments in the area of migrant workers. In particular, the authors describe in general patent system …

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UK: “False Self-Employment, Autonomy and Regulating for Decent Work: Improving Working Conditions in the UK Stripping Industry”

Research Article Abstract Posted in Front of Paywall: “A large‐scale study of working conditions in UK‐based strip dancing clubs reveals that dancers are against de facto self‐employment as it is …

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Labor Law Guide (Korea) for Foreign Investors

Labor law guide made by Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (“KOTRA”) for foreign investors. This report provides general information about employment contract, wage, working hours, holidays and leave, social insurance contribution, …

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UK: “Beyond Neo-Liberalism: The Trade Union Act 2016 and the Authoritarian State”

Discusses the three main characteristics of the changed trade union regulations in the U.K.’s The Trade Union Act 2016. https://doi.org/10.1093/indlaw/dww023

Australia: The Limits of Australian Anti-Discrimination Law

This research report analyzes the interaction between anti-discrimination laws and the rise of identity politics.  This report illustrates how anti-discrimination laws impact other equality rights like freedom of speech and religion. …

Philippines: Labor Advisory No.10 Series of 2016 PROHIBITING AGAINST LABOR-ONLY CONTRACTING

The Department of Labor and Employment of the Philippines issued an order on July 25, 2016, to prohibit “labor-only contracting.” The order defines a labor-only contracting as “an arrangement where …

Litigation as TB Rights Advocacy: A New Delhi Case Study

Despite many governmental programs, international conventions, and legal remedies, around one thousand people die of tuberculosis every day. These deaths are caused because patients are unable to access healthcare and …

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Controversy over German minimum wage for international truck drivers – Q2 2015

This article discusses the consequence of the German’s introduction of national minimum wage for all employees working in Germany irrespective the employer’s location which affected international truck drivers. This has …

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Landmark ruling finds gangmasters liable

A High Court judge has ruled in favour of six workers trafficked from Lithuania in a case brought against chicken catching business DJ Houghton Catching Services. This is the first …

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