The recently enacted Gig Workers Bill provides more rights to Malaysia’s 1.2 million gig workers without recognising them as traditional employees. Instead, the new law effectively creates a distinct gig …
The recently enacted Gig Workers Bill provides more rights to Malaysia’s 1.2 million gig workers without recognising them as traditional employees. Instead, the new law effectively creates a distinct gig …
New Zealand’s employers will not be able to discipline or otherwise sanction workers who talk openly about their pay following the passage of a new pay transparency law. The Employment …
South Korea’s Parliament has approved sweeping labor reforms known as the “Yellow Envelope Act,” prompting a fierce backlash from employers’ groups, conservatives, and foreign firms operating in the country, who have cautioned that …
Thousands of North Koreans are being sent to work in slave-like conditions in Russia to fill a huge labour shortage exacerbated by Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the BBC has …
Companies could be hauled into arbitration to deal with union disputes over their use of artificial intelligence as part of broad workplace protections the NSW Labor government is pushing to …
As Korea celebrates the 21st anniversary of the Employment Permit System (EPS) ― its labor migration framework with partner nations in Asia ― Labor Minister Kim Young-hoon pledged on Wednesday …
In a significant rescue operation, Prakasam district authorities, alongside police and NGO representatives, freed 40 individuals from bonded labour at two shrimp farms near Ananthavaram village of Tanguturu mandal. The …
Kmart is facing legal action in the federal court, taken by an Australian-based Uyghur group, who say they have a reasonable belief the retail giant may be sourcing some of …
“My body is burning. But still there is no break at all. I have to complete [my] work… I am suffering [in the heat], but I have to do my …
Not so clean: Why workers are leaving India’s green energy projects
A month into his new job at the world’s largest renewable energy park in Khavada in Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch, Anawar Alam was planning his escape. Hired along with 17 …