Dutch National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines Final Statement UNI Global Union vs. VEON

The NCP’s statement respond to a complaint filed by UNI Global union in 2016. UNI Global Union’s complaint alleged that the company harassed workers to suppress organizing with the Banglalink …

Indian couple gets jail in Singapore’s first labour trafficking conviction

An Indian couple was sentenced to more than five years in jail in Singapore on Tuesday for exploiting migrant women, the first labour trafficking conviction in the affluent nation that …

Nepal to probe why 1,000 migrant workers die in Asia, Middle East each year

In a ruling welcomed by activists, Nepal’s Supreme Court this month ordered the government to investigate cases of Nepalese workers who lose their lives abroad, amid efforts to crack down …

An Overview on Internal Migration in India: Trends and Challenges

The paper summarizes the reasons for migration within India and the challenges that migrant laborers face in the process. It provides a rich literature review of the causes and types …

‘Mollah’s life was typical’: the deadly ship graveyards of Bangladesh

In March 2018 Mollah fell from the eighth storey of the Ekta, a 300,000-tonne super-tanker that was being cut up at the Zuma Enterprise ship-breaking yard on Sitakunda beach. London …

Ministry launches code of ethics to protect 1.2M migrant workers

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training on Wednesday launched a code of ethics for private recruitment agencies to follow in order to better protect migrant workers. Consisting of 12 articles, …

Transforming the labour governance of global supply chains

Activists and academics alike hailed the conclusion of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety which offered hope that lessons had been learned from the carnage of the 2013 Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh. …

NEW PROTECTIONS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS IN PAKISTAN

The Punjab Assembly passed the Punjab Domestic Workers Act in January 2019, bringing domestic employment within the purview of the law of the country. It mandates registration of domestic workers …

India’s Code on Social Security 2019 and Its Implications on Employee Compensation

The article deals with an analysis of the recent Code on Social Security 2019, by the Central Government of India, which seeks to universalize social security benefits to all workers …

Ghosn wasn’t the only one trapped in Japan — many foreign workers also want to escape

TOKYO — The great escape of former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn and his tirade against Japan’s system of “hostage justice” may have grabbed the global spotlight, but there are many …