Human rights bill to be introduced in Queensland this week

Human rights will soon be enshrined in Queensland law, with a bill to be introduced into Parliament this week. The Queensland act was expected to be modelled on the Victorian …

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New Zealand: Williams v. BSL Produce Limited [2018] NZERA Wellington 93 (Employment Relations Authority- Wellington) 

Mr. Williams worked for BSL Produce Limited from 22 November 2017 until 11 April 2018. He sought compensation for unjustifiable dismissal.  BSL argued no remedy was available because the Applicant …

HK Labour Tribunal allows union to represent domestic worker

The Labour Tribunal has allowed a trade union officer to represent a Filipino domestic worker who has already left Hong Kong to pursue a claim against her former employer. Labour …

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Philippines: House approves bill granting OFWs equal protection on their money claims

The Philippines House of Representative approved the amendment of a provision of the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act (Paragraph 5, Section 10 of Republic Act 8042) to grant overseas …

Uber faces class action in Victoria

Controversial ride-hailing service Uber is facing a class action in Victoria, with around 1,000 taxi drivers backing the move from Maurice Blackburn. The law firm will lodge a class action …

China: Laws and Provisions of gender employment discrimination

https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1614764656485199662&wfr=spider&for=pc This article is a summary of laws and provisions of gender employment discrimination published by Liaoning province Women’s federal. Provisions refer to gender employment discrimination include Labor Law of …

South Korea grants temporary permits to Yemeni refugees

The South Korean government did not recognize a single refugee in its second review of hundreds of Yemeni asylum seekers who applied for status after arriving on Jeju Island. The government …

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Kenyans Say Chinese Investment Brings Racism and Discrimination

RUIRU, Kenya — Before last year, Richard Ochieng’, 26, could not recall experiencing racism firsthand. Not while growing up as an orphan in his village near Lake Victoria where everybody …

Court decision regarding inclusion of evaluation bonus in the average wage (Case number: 2015Du36157)

This is a court decision involving the calculation of average wage at a public institution. If the bonus is continuously and regularly paid and the conditions for the bonus are …

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Dying for China’s economic miracle: migrant workers ravaged by lung disease, fighting to pay for their funerals

Lack of contract denies compensation to many, while slow response from local government means more could die before medical and financial help arrives. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2167706/dying-chinas-economic-miracle-migrant-workers-ravaged-lung

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