Worker bargaining power has diminished over the last forty years. Between 1948 and 1979, median wages closely tracked output per worker.1 Since then, productivity has continued to increase (until leveling …
Worker bargaining power has diminished over the last forty years. Between 1948 and 1979, median wages closely tracked output per worker.1 Since then, productivity has continued to increase (until leveling …
This article unpacks the relationship among advanced information technologies, employment law rules, and labor standards. Based on a detailed review of the capacities of existing technologies, it argues that automation …
The study discusses the challenges that Nepali migrant laborers face in India. The study is based on focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with Nepali migrant workers in two cities …
This paper studies the housing conditions of migrant workers in the ready-made garments production in Shahi Exports, a partner for the study. The study measured the change in the management …
The paper summarizes the problem of child labor and modern slavery in India. The paper discusses the broad definitions of child labor and modern slavery, the extent of the problem …
This paper explores the reasons that force migration of women and children across borders, especially in the eastern border India-Nepal. The paper details the international definitions and laws around human …
Unlike some countries with stronger labor movements, labor law plays an outsized role in the regulation of labor relations in the United States. This legalistic regime tends to substitute state …
Worker-owned or controlled firms face a little-studied threat from antitrust law that typifies much broader problems with the current antitrust paradigm, namely that it favors coordination through concentrated ownership and …
This paper summarizes the legal provisions that prevent human trafficking in India, with a comparative lens on international laws. The paper also discusses the barriers to the implementation of anti-trafficking …
Living wages in international and European law
“The majority of EU Member States provide for a statutory minimum wage, although the amount guaranteed is usually not sufficient to secure adequate protection above the poverty threshold (Clauwaert, 2019: …