A training manual for judges, lawyers and legal educators on Occupational safety and health

“Occupational safety and health (OSH) has been a constant ILO concern since the Organization was founded in 1919. This concern has its roots in the extensive damage to human health …

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Core elements of a bilateral agreement or a memorandum of understanding on labor migration

Memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and bilateral labor agreements (BLAs) are important instruments between the countries of origin and countries of destination. They help regulate labor migration, protect migrant workers’ rights …

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Thailand: แนะแรงงานต่างด้าวซื้อประกัน (Suggestion migrant workers to buy health insurance)

This article encourages migrant workers to buy health insurance for a short period before getting in the social protection system in Thailand when they first enter into the country. https://www.thaihealth.or.th/Content/43762-แนะแรงงานต่างด้าวซื้อประกัน.html

Belgium: FGTB, “Criminal prosecution for union trade action? What are we talking about?”, 24 July 2018

On 29 June 2018, the president of the regional branch of a socialist trade union has been found guilty of “malicious obstruction of traffic”, following the national trade union action …

OHCHR Accountability and Remedy Project

A repository for the Human Rights Commission’s recently undertaken Project that “aims to deliver credible, workable guidance to States to enable more consistent implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on …

Thailand: The guideline manual for employer who hires migrant workers as employee

The article explains the procedure of hiring a migrant worker and concludes with the major points of Foreigner’s working management emergency decree No.2 B.E. 2561 (2018). Download here https://www.doe.go.th/prd/assets/upload/files/nakhonsithammarat_th/9d1aa580730b1105a50d1b7505400f2d.pdf

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court Revises Case Law on Fixed-Term Contracts

This article discusses about the overturn by Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court of the previous precedent of the Federal Labour Court in relation to fixed-term contracts which allowed employment contracts for …

Nigeria: Rights of Migrant Workers  

This document provides an overview of the rights of migrant workers in Nigeria. It covers eligibility for migrant status, rights to entry and exit, employment, education and healthcare. It also …

Belgium: Wage gap: still an unacceptable level!

After the positive trend of a few years ago, the wage gap between women and men now seems to have stagnated at 20% for four years now. On the one …

Belgium: Part-time work is rarely a deliberate choice

One of the main causes of the wage gap and the resulting pension gap is the unequal distribution of work. Women work much more often part-time than men. Most of …

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