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Report of the ILO Director-General: A moment of choice: Harnessing artificial intelligence for decent work

“A moment of choice: Harnessing artificial intelligence for decent work 1. In reflecting on the theme of this year’s report A moment of choice: Harnessing artificial intelligence for decent work, …

ILO Working Paper: Navigating workers’ data rights in the digital age

A historical, current, and future perspective on workers’ data protection “Over recent decades, comprehensive data protection legislation has proliferated worldwide, with a majority of jurisdictions enacting robust statutory regimes. Despite …

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An International Blueprint for Forced Labor Import Bans

Forced labor is a grievous violation of human rights. Defined under ILO Convention No. 29 as all work exacted under the menace of a penalty and for which workers have …

Moving Toward Shared Responsibility: How the EU’s CSDDD and Omnibus I Reimagine Contracting for Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence

For decades, the legal architecture for managing human rights and environmental (HRE) risks in global supply chains has relied on a practice we call ‘risk-shifting’. In this model, lead firms use …

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Fixing a labour justice system that fails workers

On May 1, as the world marks International Workers’ Day, the promise of justice for workers in Bangladesh deserves renewed attention. At the centre of that promise stand the country’s …

Employers Should Choose a Lane

mazon workers at the JFK8 fulfillment center in Staten Island are caught in a labor-law no-man’s land. Amazon has challenged the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in federal court, …

California: Garment Labels Liable for Wages

“GARMENT WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA SINCE 2022 may collect their wages, not merely from the production facility that employs them, but alternatively from the garment labels and some retailers for whom …

A Historic Trade Union Law Revision Expand the Concept of Employer in Korea

“ON 24 AUGUST 2025, the Korean National Assembly adopted an amendment to the Trade Union and Labour Relations Adjustment Act (노동조합 및 노동관계 조정법, hereafter TULRAA).1 The essence of this …

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Compensation falls short and fails workers, it must change

In conversation with AKM Nasim, Country Programme Director at Solidarity Center Bangladesh and a former member of the Labour Reform Commission. What provisions currently exist in Bangladesh’s labour laws and …

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ILO: Conclusions and recommendations – Technical meeting on challenges and opportunities for promoting decent work, productivity and a just transition arising from artificial intelligence in the manufacturing industry

Manufacturing and the impact of artificial intelligence 1. Manufacturing spans an extraordinary breadth of industries across the world. It remains at the heart of economic transformation, technological innovation, and social …