South Korea Labor Code Overhaul Cuts Maximum Workweek   

This article discusses the major amendment to labor standard law in Korea to limit working hours, overtime and exempt sectors from the amendment. It also provides links (in Korean) to the …

R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission et al

R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes argued that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act protected their ability to fire a transgender worker. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed, finding that  …

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India: Protecting labor rights in preferential trade agreements: The role of trade unions, left governments, and skilled labor

This paper analyses the role of trade unions for the protection of worker’s rights and working conditions, and its impact on the inclusion of labor provisions in the preferential trade …

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Litigation Risk Focuses Minds on Modern Slavery

The article discusses “the emergence of court actions using existing legal frameworks to bring abusers of human rights to justice in the courts,” particularly in the case of transnational corporations …

Fair Recruitment & Selection Handbook (Singapore)

This guideline provides guidance to employers for job posting, recruitment and job interviews in Singapore consistent with its non-discrimination laws. https://www.tafep.sg/sites/default/files/Fair%20Recruitment%20%26%20Selection%20Handbook%20%28FINAL%29%20dd%2009.04.18.pdf

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The Employment Law Review – Edition 9 Philippines

This review provides a broad overview of employment law and the rights of workers in Philippines. It covers the basics of the Philippine employment law, including formation of employment relationship, …

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Ghana: Godson Dadzie v. Barclays Bank of Ghana GHASC 29 [2018]

The Supreme Court of Ghana upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal, which had limited the damages awarded to an employee who was wrongly dismissed to an amount equivalent …

Action Plan to Tackle Trafficking in Persons and to Enhance Protection of Foreign Domestic Helpers in Hong Kong

Hong Kong legislation provides the same labor rights and benefits to foreign domestic helpers and local workers: one rest day per week, 12 paid statutory holidays per year, 7-14 days …

South Africa: September and Others v CMI Business Enterprise CC [(CCT279/16) [2018] ZACC 4; 2018 (4) BCLR 483 (CC); (2018) 39 ILJ 987 (CC); [2018] 5 BLLR 431 (CC) (27 February 2018)]

South Africa: Three employees and their employer failed to reach a conciliation on the issue of racial discrimination at the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), which is an …

Altitude Express v. Zarda

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Title VII does cover discrimination because of sexual orientation. The case concerns a recreational parachuting company that fired one of its trainers, David Zarda, …