OECD Case: ICN vs. Adidas

NCPs involved: Netherlands NCP COUNTRY OF OPERATIONS: India DATE: 20 June 2001 STATUS: Concluded ISSUE: The complaint alleged that Adidas’s suppliers in India had violated numerous labor rights including the …

Reinventing Labor Law for the Global Economy: The Benjamin Aaron Lecture

This lecture (in 22 Berkeley J. Emp. & Lab. L. 271 (2001)) examines the influence of globalization on labor law and policy. Arthurs describes how: 1) a “globalization of the mind” …

Labor and Economic Globalization in Eastern Europe and Latin America

The first half of this article (in 26 Lab. Stud. J. 22 (2001)) explores how multinational production chains increase income inequality and decrease union power. It compares labor conditions in …

[Contract of Employment] Liluk Andayani v. Chan Oi Ling [2001]

The appellant is a young Indonesian migrant domestic helper. She entered into a contract of employment with the respondent and was told by the Agent that her salary would be …

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[Immigration and Right of Residence] Yueqiang Li v. The Head of Immigration Department [2001]

The applicant, Yueqiang Li came to Hong Kong as an imported worker in 1993 and maintained this identity until 1995. After that, he stayed illegally in Hong Kong until then. …

United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols (Palermo Protocols)

Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children: The protocol commits ratifying states to prevent and combat trafficking in persons, protecting and assisting victims of trafficking …

Interpretative notes for the official records (travaux préparatoires) of the negotiation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto

Interpretative notes for the official records (travaux préparatoires) of the negotiation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto

Silke-Karin Mahlburg v. Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (February 3, 2000)

Silke-Karin Mahlburg v. Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (February 3, 2000) Mahlburg was a pregnant women denied a position as an operating-theater nurse as German law prohibits pregnant women from working in an …

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ILO News: International Labor Standards in Hong Kong to Be Continued

The 85th International Labor Conference announced that International labor Standards prevailing in Hong Kong prior to the transfer of sovereignty would be applied after 1 July 1997 by the Government of …

National Struggles in a Transnational Economy: A Critical Analysis of U.S. Labor’s Campaign against N.A.F.T.A.

This article (in 21 Lab. Stud. J. 3 (1997)) explores and evaluates American unions’ responses to NAFTA. In the wake of these responses and subsequent globalization, it identifies barriers separating …