“A moment of choice: Harnessing artificial intelligence for decent work 1. In reflecting on the theme of this year’s report A moment of choice: Harnessing artificial intelligence for decent work, …
“A moment of choice: Harnessing artificial intelligence for decent work 1. In reflecting on the theme of this year’s report A moment of choice: Harnessing artificial intelligence for decent work, …
The backsliding doesn’t follow a single playbook. In Italy, transport minister Matteo Salvini has repeatedly used administrative injunctions (precettazione) to curb strikes, turning what once was an exceptional measure into a routine constraint on …
A historical, current, and future perspective on workers’ data protection “Over recent decades, comprehensive data protection legislation has proliferated worldwide, with a majority of jurisdictions enacting robust statutory regimes. Despite …
Forced labor is a grievous violation of human rights. Defined under ILO Convention No. 29 as all work exacted under the menace of a penalty and for which workers have …
For decades, the legal architecture for managing human rights and environmental (HRE) risks in global supply chains has relied on a practice we call ‘risk-shifting’. In this model, lead firms use …
On May 1, as the world marks International Workers’ Day, the promise of justice for workers in Bangladesh deserves renewed attention. At the centre of that promise stand the country’s …
mazon workers at the JFK8 fulfillment center in Staten Island are caught in a labor-law no-man’s land. Amazon has challenged the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in federal court, …
“GARMENT WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA SINCE 2022 may collect their wages, not merely from the production facility that employs them, but alternatively from the garment labels and some retailers for whom …
“ON 24 AUGUST 2025, the Korean National Assembly adopted an amendment to the Trade Union and Labour Relations Adjustment Act (노동조합 및 노동관계 조정법, hereafter TULRAA).1 The essence of this …
The Federal Anti-Trafficking Statute Can Deliver Civil Remedies for U.S. Workers
Twenty-five years ago, Congress enacted the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (“TVPRA”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1581 et seq., as a criminal statute prohibiting forced labor, slavery, peonage, or indentured servitude, as …