ILAW Network

United States Seeks Mexico’s Review of Alleged Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Violations at Panasonic Facility

United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai today announced that the United States has asked Mexico to review whether workers at the Panasonic Automotive Systems de Mexico facility in Reynosa, State …

COVID 19, Informal Economy

Guía de orientaciones de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo frente a la COVID-19 para personas empleadoras y trabajadoras del hogar

“La pandemia originada por la COVID-19 ha tenido un impacto sin precedentes en el mundo laboral. En este contexto, uno de los sectores más afectados ha sido el del trabajo …

Discrimination, Regional Human Rights Bodies

IACtHR: CASO PAVEZ PAVEZ VS. CHILE

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has found that Chile is liable for the discriminatory treatment of a woman who was removed from her position as a religion teach at …

Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Acceso a la justicia, Climate and Labor, COVID 19, Discrimination, Employment Relationship, Gender-Based Violence and Harassment, Informal Economy, Labor Law Reform, Other, Protección Social, Trade Union Rights

Decálogo para una agenda laboral 2022-2026. Prioridades para legislar aspectos laborales en Colombia

ILAW Network en alianza con la Friedrich Ebert Stiftung en Colombia y el Observatorio Laboral de la Universidad del Rosario, proponen un “Decálogo para una agenda laboral 2022-2026” Decálogo Laboral. …

Alejandra Trujillo, Iván Daniel Jaramillo, Mery Laura Perdomo Ospina

Gender-Based Violence and Harassment, OSH, Supply Chains

McDonald’s France put ‘on notice’ over Brazilian suppliers

McDonald’s France has been put “on notice” to comply with duty of care laws by French and Brazilian unions who accuse the fast food giant’s suppliers of poor social and environmental …

Climate and Labor, Informal Economy

Waste pickers play an important environmental and economic role, but the law lets them down

“There is growing recognition of the need to integrate waste pickers into the ‘mainstream economy’. Yet, the fragmented contemporary regulatory framework is not fit for purpose and needs reform. In …

Louis Koen and Elmarie Fourie

OSH

Justice for Miskito divers: A turning point for business and human rights standards from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

For the first time in its history, the Court explicitly stipulates clear business and human rights standards to be met by states and companies. In August 2021, in a landmark …

Hector Candray, Maysa Zorob

Informal Economy, Protección Social

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