Full Coverage: Labour

31.10.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 31 (OneWorld) - Workers in this city could become the first in the nation to be guaranteed paid sick leave after voters go to the polls here and across the country next Tuesday.

30.10.2006 “Unija” Coordination Body of Associations of Downsized Workers whose legal status remains unsolved, demands from the Government and the Parliament to solve the status of former workers who lost their jobs as redundant or downsized workers, or when their companies went bankrupt.

26.10.2006 Responding to a flood of complaints from migrant workers worldwide, the United Nations is investigating a rash of human rights violations, including abusive working conditions, non-payment of wages, arbitrary detentions and collective illegal deportations.

25.10.2006 Concerning trade union rights, on the 3rd October, Turkey received a strong message delivered by Olli Rehn, the Finnish European Commissioner, who is responsible for enlargement. According to him Turkey needs to ensure that full Trade Union rights are respected in line with EU standards and ILO Conventions.

24.10.2006 The first comprehensive global study by the United Nations on "Violence Against Children" says around 275 million children worldwide face domestic violence within the "safe" confines of their homes. The study, which look at the the South Asia regional context — finds that India as the country with the “largest number of working children in the world.”

23.10.2006 The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) will open a office by the end of this year, having in mind Serbia’s problems with age structure of the population and the “brain-drain” issue.

23.10.2006 With the Commonwealth Games 2010 in sight and the experience of the exploitation of the construction workers during the Asian Games 1982 in hindsight, the Social Jurist, a civil rights group, has set up a separate unit namely, Labour Rights Group to monitor the conditions of the construction and other workers in Delhi and and provide totally free legal assistance & support.

23.10.2006 As many as child labourers have been identified in the district since the District Child Labour Project Society started functioning in 2001. Of them, 89 have been rehabilitated, according to U. Chandravathi, Director of the District Child Labour Project Society.

20.10.2006 The ban on employing children in restaurants, roadside eateries, hotels, and tea shops or as domestic labour, announced by the Government in August, has recently come into effect. Those who violate the ban will be fined and also face a prison term up to two years. This is a welcome move focussing on areas where child labour is rampant and where the exploitation of children is shockingly high.

10.10.2006 The additional curbs on child labour in specified hazardous occupations come into effect today. This is a welcome step but far from adequate. Ultimately, all forms of labour are hazardous to the well being of children says Madhura Swaminathan.

09.10.2006 Business and labour are fighting to gain the upper hand during Nepal's political transition, a process that has helped to sideline the unemployed workers and anxious factory owners of the troubled garment industry.

05.10.2006 “Following a phasing out of the transitional arrangements, the legal opportunities for employment of workers from the EU-8 in enterprises that pay wages below the national rate are expanded.” This is one of the major conclusions in a new study on Nordic labour market.

04.10.2006 WASHINGTON, DC, Oct 3 (OneWorld) - Call them the Religious Left: Church leaders are seeking to rally ''values voters'' ahead of next month's elections in a nationwide crusade to raise the minimum wage.

03.10.2006 Child Domestic Labour remains on the fringes of child labour, far from the glare of international actionÂ… a hidden phenomenon. Child domestic labour is a widespread and growing global phenomenon that traps as many as ten million children or more - mostly girls - in hidden forms of exploitation, often involving abuse, health risks and violence.