France: Guide against Sexual Harassment in the Workplace from Labor Agency “Direction Générale du Travail”

Recognized as Great National Cause, gender inequality needs to be fought with concrete actions.  This guide provides for mandatory information to be provided to employees including how to bring a …

German Development Ministry drafts law on mandatory human rights due diligence for German companies

As reported by German newspaper TAZ (“Die Tageszeitung”) on 10 February 2019, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has drafted an as of yet unpublished law …

خطط اليقظة المرجعية

الغرض من هذا التوجيه المرجعي لخطط اليقظة هو توضيح فهم منظمتنا للقانون رقم 2017-399 المؤرخ 27 مارس 2017 ، بشأن واجب اليقظة من الوالد و ...

Schnittmuster für eine bessere Welt

Der Druck auf deutsche Unternehmen steigt, die Menschenrechte von Beschäftigten im Ausland zu schützen. Das Bundesentwicklungsministerium von Gerd Müller (CSU) hat dazu den Entwurf eines Wertschöpfungskettengesetzes erarbeitet. Der Text mit …

Are Amazon, Walmart, and eBay’s online ‘marketplaces’ providing a refuge for goods made with forced labor?

Last month, while browsing online, we were surprised to find that we could buy cotton hand towels advertised as “made in Turkmenistan” on the websites of Amazon, Walmart, and eBay.  …

Ten-day minimum paternity leave for the whole of the EU

A directive that mandates fathers, with inclusion for same-sex partners, be allowed at least 10 working days of paid paternity leave was agreed upon by EU leaders last week. It …

France, UK: “Global Framework Agreements and Trade Unions as Monitoring Agents in Transnational Corporations”

Based on a qualitative analysis of ten French multinational companies, this article pursues an empirical investigation that presents the authors’ view of what a global framework agreement should be. The …

Pregnant then screwed: how gagging contracts are used to silence sacked mothers

In the months since the Harvey Weinstein story broke and the #MeToo movement exploded, there has been a growing awareness of the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), in some cases, …

هل تنجح الثورة دون حماية حقوق العمال؟

اسأل أي شخص عن ظروف عمله في أرمينيا وسيخبرك بأن حقوقه ليست محمية ، حتى لو كان لديه الحد الأدنى من المعرفة بهذه الحقوق. في الواقع ، حقوق العمال ...

Judges of the International Criminal Court demand 26% wage raise

A number of the ICC judges have filed a lawsuit against their court for more pay. Now they earn annually about $200,000 whereas some of them can even get more …

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