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The German discount textile store KiK revealed this weekend that, after four years of negotiations, it will pay out 5.1 million dollars to victims of a fire which took place at a textile factory...

12 September 2016

Germany: the Dortmund High Court is competent to judge a case by four Pakistani workers against the KiK discount textiles chain

At the end of August, The Dortmund High Court (Rhineland) declared itself competent both to rule on a complaint filed by four Pakistani nationals against the German discount textiles chain KiK and...

8 September 2016

Japan: an index is created for companies combatting LGBT based discrimination

An LGBT index has been developed in Japan to assess companies’ positive action towards sexual minorities. Officially named Pride, the index is measured by the work with Pride (wwP) body set up in...

22 July 2016

Myanmar: the Vision Zero Fund for the prevention of workplace accidents is launched

On 17 June in Yangon, German Secretary of State for Employment Yasmin Fahimi and the Myanmar Minister for Labor H.E.U Thein Swe inaugurated the fund aimed at creating and/or bolstering local...

7 July 2016

International: four companies sign the ILO Global Business and Disability Network charter

On 29 June at the head offices of host and 2016 ILO Global Business and Disability Network president, Carrefour, four companies, namely BNP Paribas, IBM, Repsol, and Sodexo joined the originating...

4 July 2016

EU: European agreement over conflict minerals

The European Union will soon have new rules framing imports of conflict minerals that will include mandatory upstream responsibilities and voluntary downstream responsibilities.

17 June 2016

105th ILO international labor conference sets out a roadmap to guarantee decent work in global supply chains

The ILO international conference was held from 30 May to 10 June. One of the key topics increasingly gaining prominence was the issue of decent work in global supply chains and this conference...

13 June 2016

Japan: record numbers of foreign workers mark a turning point in the country’s labor market

According to the Labor Ministry data, for the very first time, the number of foreigners working in Japan is expected to exceed the one million mark. This is a major turning point in the country’s...

9 June 2016

Great Britain: Lloyds bank to offer staff transgender surgery

Lloyds Banking Group will be the first business to offer gender reassignment surgery to its employees through its existing private healthcare provider.

11 May 2016

Switzerland: citizens get to decide on multinational human rights due diligence (in 2018 at the earliest)

The Popular Initiative for “Responsible Multinational Businesses” has received more than 140,000 signatures since it was launched a year ago. 100,000 signatures is the required threshold for a...

21 April 2016

Brazilian and German unions join forces to improve working conditions along the supply chain in the orange juice production sector

On 11 April during a press conference held in Berlin, representatives of the German services union Verdi, several of Brazil’s trade unions, and the Christian initiative Romero criticized...

12 April 2016

France: the draft law on due diligence returns to the Senate following its adoption by the National Assembly

On 23 March France’s National Assembly adopted the draft law that looks to oblige France’s largest companies to take reasonable care in order to pre-empt human rights violations and environmental...

23 March 2016

Great Britain: financial services to commit to making room for women

Several British banks have signed a Government charter in which they pledge for a better gender balance especially by placing more women in key roles. This represents a revolution in so far as the...

23 March 2016

Japan: Panasonic is to recognize its employees’ same-sex partnerships

At the end of February, Japanese electronics giant Panasonic, announced that employees working for the company who have entered into a same-sex partnership would, going forward, receive the same...

1 March 2016

Italy: Florence’s Filctem-CGIL union has launched a campaign for transparency in the fashion supply chain

Filctem-CGIL in Florence has launched a campaign on the social networks calling for transparency in fashion’s supply chains. Workers in the industry are bringing home the reality of the threatened...

26 February 2016

Portugal: the Forum for businesses promoting gender equality is growing and helping to change the situation

Set up in 2013 following calls by the Commission for gender equality at work and in employment (CITE), the Forum for businesses promoting gender equality (IGEN) now counts thirty-nine large...

15 February 2016

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