June 23rd (7 PM GMT) Join us to discuss the impending Post-Cotonou Agreement, a major trade and development deal As part of the Gender and Trade Coalition’s continuing webinar …
Challenges in Implementation of Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 due to COVID-19 and plea of force majeure
Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) is considered a significant milestone in realizing the rights of seafarers. Before MLC there have been treaties and recommendations of International Labour Organisation (ILO) for …
Business Views on Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Regulation: A Comparative Analysis of Two Recent Studies
https://doi.org/10.1017/bhj.2020.10
Workers’ rights seen crumbling as coronavirus threatens further setbacks
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Labour rights are being eroded worldwide as more countries deny workers the ability to strike, unionise and negotiate better terms, a global trade union said …
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Informal work during the pandemic: when essential activities are the most precarious
“According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), two billion people – more than 61 per cent of the world’s employed population – work in the informal economy. Though their work, …