India: Employment Laws in a GIG Economy

While providing an overview on the Gig economy, the article deals with the criticisms faced and the weaknesses of the gig economy. Specifically, the article deals with the criticisms based …

EU Directive on Transparent & Predictable Working Conditions in the European Union

With the Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions, workers in the EU will have the right to: more complete information on the essential aspects of their work, to be received …

India And The Gig Economy

This article analyses in detail the legal implications faced by the Gig Economy by first addressing the nature of the term ‘gig economy’, the implications of it in the economy. …

Indian government seeks to introduce ‘business friendly’ labor law reforms

This article analyses the  introduction of two new labor code bills in the House of Parliament in India, the Code on Wages and the Code on Occupational Safety, Health and …

Labour reforms: No one knows the size of India’s informal workforce, not even the govt

The article deals with possible challenges that can be faced in legislating laws with regard to informal workers or unorganised sector workers. While the article deals with the economic statistics …

Exposing Wage Theft Without Fear: States Must Protect Workers from Retaliation

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End Gender-Based Violence and Harassment – Pillar 1: Gender Justice on Garment Global Supply Chains – An Agenda to Transform Fast-Fashion

“Criteria for effective initiatives to end GBVH on production lines Initiatives must include: 1. Comprehensive identification of the locally-specific spectrum of GBVH—including all forms of violence covered by international law—and …

Trafficking in persons, especially women and children – Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons

“The present report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, was prepared pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 35/5. Throughout her mandate, …

Revisión de las Normas Internacionales del Trabajo. El rol del Grupo Tripartito de Trabajo del Mecanismo de Examen de Normas de la OIT (MEN)

“El Grupo de Trabajo tripartito del Mecanismo de Examen de Normas (GTT del MEN), funciona en el marco de la iniciativa relativa a las normas, que es una de las …

Thailand: ประกันสังคมเผยดูแลแรงงานต่างด้าวเหมือนผู้ประกันตนคนไทย (Social Security office guarantee the equal protection of migrant workers as Thai workers.)

The article mentioned the statement of Mr. Anantachai Uthaipattanacheep, the Secretary of Social Security Office, Ministry of Labor that the protection in the system granted to legal migrant workers in …

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