Belgium: Frequently asked questions on the gender pay gap

The aim of the article is to inform more working women on how to avoid wage gaps between men and women in order to gradually reduce them. The article defines …

Indian Laws on Employee and Workplace Discrimination and Harassment

The article provides an understanding of the various anti-discrimination statutes in India. The article touches on the constitutional provisions that form the basis of the anti-discrimination statutes and then briefly …

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Social Protection for Thailand’s Informal Economy Workers

This article discusses the social protection for the informal economy which developed in Thailand after the big flooding in 2011. https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/features/WCMS_177229/lang–en/index.htm

The Philippines: Republic Act 9710 Magna Carta of Women

This is a summary of the Magna Carta of Women (MCW) in Philippines. MCW is “a comprehensive women’s human rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination through the recognition, protection, …

UK: “The rights of trade union reps”

This webpage summarizes the 2010 detailed revised code document that was published by the United Kingdom (“U.K.”)’s Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (“Acas”) (http://www.acas.org.uk), entitled, “Acas Code of Practice on …

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Global Framework Agreement for Health and Safety between ArcelorMittal and IndustriALL

Global Framework Agreement specific to health and safety between ArcelorMittal, the steel and mining company, and IndustriALL Global Union. IndustriALL website, http://www.industriall-union.org/sites/default/files/uploads/images/2018/agreementarcelormittalohs.pdf

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Situation of Filipino Migrant Workers in Taiwan

Filipinos started working in Taiwan as undocumented workers even before the Taiwan government formally imported migrant workers in 1990. The migrant workers in Taiwan  face very difficult situations, including excessive …

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Interpretative notes for the official records (travaux préparatoires) of the negotiation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto

Interpretative notes for the official records (travaux préparatoires) of the negotiation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto