Resetting the employment and industrial relations standards in the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct

Since the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (“Guidelines”) were first recommended by the OECD in 1976, trade unions understood the employment and industrial relations standards to be consistent with ILO …

UNHRC Resolution: Right to Privacy in the Digital Age

In a resolution on the right to privacy in the digital age, the UN Human Rights Council called upon all States to respect and protect the right to privacy, including in …

ILO Working Paper: A Global Fund for Social Protection

Lessons from the diverse experiences of global health, agriculture and climate funds  “The recent social, ecological and economic crises have not only revealed the gaps in social protection systems across …

UNHRC Resloution: Centrality of care and support from a human rights perspective

In a resolution on the centrality of care and support from a human rights perspective, the UN Human Rights Council decided to request the High Commissioner for Human Rights to …

Corporations are paying for worker abuse audits that are ‘designed to fail’, say insiders

US and UK companies with foreign operations use audits to prevent worker abuse – but auditors say the checks aren’t working Before he began the interviews, Ahmed swept the room …

The Uyghurs Forced to Process the World’s Fish

China forces minorities from Xinjiang to work in industries around the country. As it turns out, this includes handling much of the seafood sent to America and Europe. On a …

Special Issue – COVID-19: Labour, Migration, and Exploitation

“This Special Issue of Anti-Trafficking Review examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of low-wage, migrant, and informal workers. With contributions from Australia, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Europe, Nigeria, …

Building Worker Power in Global Supply Chains: Lessons from Apparel, Cocoa, and Seafood

“This working paper is about the campaigners and worker organizers in the global South and North who have challenged the persistent lack of government and corporate accountability for workers’ rights …

Ethical digitalisation at work: From theory to practice

“Automation and digitisation technologies, including artificial intelligence, are rapidly evolving and becoming increasingly powerful and pervasive. The full range of their effects in the workplace is yet to be seen. …

Protecting Migrant Workers: Here and Across the Globe

“Having spent the bulk of my 39-year career with the U.S. Department of Labor enforcing federal worker protection statutes in the six New England states, I was fortunate twenty years …

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