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Limits to Be Placed on Contract Labor (November 23, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On November 15, 2012,
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Indonesia
Domestic Workers Treaty to Become Effective Next Year (September 06, 2012) by Constance Johnson
The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: United Nations
MOU to Be Signed (May 23, 2012) by Constance Johnson
According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Sri Lanka
Protests over Deaths of Migrant Workers (May 02, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Indonesia / Malaysia
Labor Law to Be Revised (January 25, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Indonesia
Ban on Sending Workers to Malaysia Lifted (December 06, 2011) by Constance Johnson
In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Indonesia
Minimum Age for Migrant Domestic Workers Raised (January 27, 2011) by Constance Johnson
In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Sri Lanka
Conference on Child Labor (May 11, 2010) by Constance Johnson
On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: International Labour Organization / Netherlands
Steps to Stop Underage Employment (April 14, 2009) by Constance Johnson
Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Sri Lanka
Guiding Opinions Issued on Layoffs (February 12, 2009) by Constance Johnson
On January 23, 2009, in response to the international financial crisis, four Chinese agencies jointly issued guiding opinions on stabilizing labor ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: China
Supreme Court of Justice Decision Disallows Additional Severance Payments for Teachers in Private Sector (July 30, 2010) by Dante Figueroa
Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Chile
Anti-Economic Crisis Strategy for Protection of Employment (June 30, 2009) by Dario Ferreira
Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Ecuador
Labor Inspection Law Amended (May 05, 2009) by Dario Ferreira
On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Peru
Unemployment Compensation (February 02, 2008) by Edith Palmer
On December 22, 2007, Germany's legislature enacted the Amending Law to Title 3 of the Social Code (Sechstes Gesetz zur Änderung ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Germany
New Labor Law Extends Notice of Dismissal to Up to 90 Days (October 19, 2011) by Eduardo Soares
On
October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Brazil
Employers Can No Longer Test Employees for HIV (June 02, 2010) by Eduardo Soares
According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Brazil
Payment of Unemployment Insurance Extended (February 19, 2009) by Eduardo Soares
On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Brazil
Court Enjoins New DHS Employment Regulations Targeting Illegal Immigrants (November 02, 2007) by Gary Robinson
On October 10, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a preliminary injunction against the Department of ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: United States
Sponsorship System for Foreign Workers Will Not Be Abolished (January 25, 2011) by George Sadek
On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Saudi Arabia
National Assembly to Increase Minimum Wage (January 19, 2011) by Hanibal Goitom
It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Nigeria
Last updated: November 23, 2012
