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Peru 2017 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

Section 7 of the report addresses broadly the current situation of the workers’ rights. The report analyses the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining in the country, …

Tobacco’s Hidden Children: Hazardous Child Labor in United States Tobacco Farming

Human Rights Watch findings set out in this report, show that no child under age 18 should be permitted to perform work in which they come into direct contact with tobacco …

A Bitter Harvest: Child Labor and Human Rights Abuses on Tobacco Farms in Zimbabwe

Human Rights Watch research in 2016 and 2017 into conditions on tobacco farms in Zimbabwe revealed an industry tainted by child labor and confronted by other serious human rights problems …

Organizing on-demand- Representation,voice, and collective bargaining in the gig economy

ILO, Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 94 ‘Gig’ or platform-based work represents one of the most recent, highly-publicized labour market trends. Attributed to the increased demand for flexibility …

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Thailand: ไม่เท่าเทียม! งานวิจัยเผย ผู้หญิงไทยได้เงินเดือนน้อยกว่าผู้ชายถึง 5,000 บาท แม้การศึกษาเท่ากัน (Inequality between men and women in Thailand’s labor market.)

The article covers research finding that women receive less salary than men, about THB 5,000, even if they have the same degree in education. https://thestandard.co/inequality-between-men-and-women-in-the-labor-market-thailand/

Action Plan to Tackle Trafficking in Persons and to Enhance Protection of Foreign Domestic Helpers in Hong Kong

Hong Kong legislation provides the same labor rights and benefits to foreign domestic helpers and local workers: one rest day per week, 12 paid statutory holidays per year, 7-14 days …

Administrative Commission for the settlement of the employment relationship, 23/02/2018

If the facts communicated by the potential future employee lead to the conclusion that the envisaged employment relationship, consisting of the delivery of meals by bicycle, is not characteristic of …

India’s Law on Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace

The research paper examines India’s legal framework to prevent sexual harassment at the workplace from its conception in 1999 where the Supreme Court, recognizing legislative vacuum, framed guidelines that formed …

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FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION IN PAKISTAN: WHAT DO WE KNOW?

This policy note provides a comparison of the trends in female labor force participation in Pakistan from 1992 till 2015 and highlights some of the key barriers to their entry …

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Hidden Chains: Rights Abuses and Forced Labor in Thailand’s Fishing Industry

This 2018 report notes that despite the well-documented problems of forced labor by migrant workers in the Thai fishing industry, the Thai government has yet to take the necessary steps …

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