This is a press release reporting that a U.S. district court ordered a Los Angeles recruitment company to pay USD 4.5 million to 350 Filipino teachers for forced exploitive contracts. …
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Occupational Health Hazards and Awareness of Occupational Safety among Workers of Textile Dyeing Industries in Jaipur, India
This study, conducted with 500 workers in the textile dyeing industries of India’s “Pink City”, looks at the health hazards faced by the workers such as respiratory, skin and musculoskeletal …
Migration and trade unions—an outline of international standards, regional trends and good practices
This article focuses on the problem that many migrant workers’ trade unions rights are denied in South-East Asia, lists the international regulations on this problem and discusses how to promote …
The rise of the «just-in-time workforce»: On-demand work, crowdwork and labour protection in the «gig-economy»
The so-called “gig-economy” has been growing exponentially in numbers and importance in recent years but its impact on labour rights has been largely overlooked. Forms of work in the “gig-economy” …
Occupational Heat Stress Profiles in Selected Workplaces in India
This study looks at heat stress as a significant occupational hazard across organized and informal workplaces in India. This study investigates quantitative and qualitative data from 447 workers in 18 …
OECD Case: Former employees vs. Heineken
NCPs involved: Netherlands NCP COUNTRY OF OPERATIONS: Democratic Republic of the Congo DATE: 14 December 2015 STATUS: Agreement ISSUES: The complaint alleged Heineken’s headquarters in the Netherlands was or should …
Australia: Fair Work Ombudsman v Quest South Perth Holdings Pty Ltd & Ors [2015] HCA 45 (2 December 2015)
An Employer attempted to convert the contract with an Employee into one for an independent contractor, even though she was an employee. The Court held that this was not allowed. …
The health of temporary foreign workers in Canada: A scoping review
Based on the studies of seasonal agricultural workers in Ontario, the review reveals the major health issues of temporary foreign workers in Canada and barriers for them to accessing health …
South Korea: Court decision regarding dispatched worker’s judicial right to seek judgement against the user company (Case Number: 2013Da14965)
This is a court decision which involves dispatched worker’s judicial right to seek a judgment against the user company when the user company did not perform its obligation to directly …
Pyongyang’s flying doctors pull in $15M a year: NIS
This article states that North Korea has deployed more than 1,000 doctors and nurses in 26 nations where they perform illegal medical practices. These illegal medical practices include abortions and …
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