Thailand: ประกันสังคมเผยดูแลแรงงานต่างด้าวเหมือนผู้ประกันตนคนไทย (Social Security office guarantee the equal protection of migrant workers as Thai workers.)

The article mentioned the statement of Mr. Anantachai Uthaipattanacheep, the Secretary of Social Security Office, Ministry of Labor that the protection in the system granted to legal migrant workers in …

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China: Growing Labor Sector Puzzled on Insurance

This news article describes the Chinese government’s possible new plan on widening the injury insurance policy with an intent to protect causal workers of online app-based employers. To achieve that …

Comentário: Jurisdição, acesso a remédios em casos comerciais e de direitos humanos e estrutura corporativa: uma história de dois casos

Esta nota apresenta dois casos, ambos relacionados à responsabilidade sob o dever de cuidar das empresas-mãe, a obrigação de 'due diligence' nas operações da cadeia de suprimentos e os obstáculos apresentados…

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Commentary: Jabir et al vs. KiK: Do EU companies have an extraterritorial duty towards suppliers in global production chains?

Multinational companies not only maintain subsidiaries in multiple jurisdictions but have increasingly outsourced production to independent suppliers. Industrial disasters like the Ali Enterprises (AE) factory fire in Karachi, Pakistan, or …

Protecting the workers of informal sector

International Labor Organization has demonstrated in its recent report that there are 2 billion workers across the world working in the informal economy. This constitutes 61 percent of the world’s …

South Korea: Supreme Court Decision 2017Du33510 Decided April 25, 2019 【Revocation of Readjudication on Relief Request for Unfair Labor Practice】

The legislative purport of Article 81 Subpar. 4 of the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act which stipulates one of the types of employers’ unfair labor practices In the …

The Supreme Court Decision of South Korea 2017Du33510 Decided April 25, 2019

An employer can conclude multiple collective bargaining agreements that differ in time and contents by negotiating separately with multiple trade unions, without simplification of bargaining windows as prescribed by Trade …

ILO insists that S. Korea guarantees freedom of association for unemployed and dismissed workers　

The International Labour Organization (ILO) reiterated its insistence that the South Korean government adopt legal measures to guarantee freedom of association for unemployed and dismissed workers. It also stated the …

Thailand’s Labor Protection Act No. 7 in English version

The translation of the Labor Protection Act in English. http://www.cpg-online.de/2019/04/18/thailands-labour-protection-act-no-7/ Author: CPG (The translation conducted by Ms. Natthanicha Lephilibert, Safe and Fair National Project Coordination for Thailand, ILO, United Nations …

Korea: 핵심협약 비준 반드시 국회 거쳐야”

정부가 국제노동기구(ILO) 핵심협약과 관련해 절차적으로 국회를 거치지 않고는 비준이 불가능하다는 의견을 재확인했다. 노동계와 일부 전문가는 그럴수록 문재인 대통령이 국회에 핵심협약 비준동의안을 선제로 내는 정치적 결단을 하라고 촉구했다. 김대환 고용노동부 국제협력담당관은 …

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