The International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization (ILO) is devoted to advancing opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom‚ equity‚ security and human dignity. Its main aims are to promote rights at work‚ encourage decent employment opportunities‚ enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue in handling work-related issues. In promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights‚ the organization
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Theory of Labour Demand The standard models of labour demand in economics refer to the neoclassical marginal productivity theory of demand. According to this model‚ there are several simplifying assumptions must be made‚ which are: Goal of business firms is to maximize profit Two goods produce There are only two factors of production (capital and labour) to produce its product. Firm operates in perfectly competitive product and labour market. Wages represent the only cost of labour and that
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Business Environment: Labour condition in Foxconn Specific Issus: A startling 13 young workers attempted or committed suicide at the two Foxconn production facilities in southern China between January and May 2010. in NATIONAL factor: We can interpret their acts as protest against a global labor regime that is widely practiced in China. Their defiant deaths demand that society reflect upon the costs of a state-promoted development model that sacrifices dignity for corporate profit in the
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Case on Child Labour Gap Admits Possible Child Labor Problem Journalist Videotapes Conditions at Subcontractor Plant; Gap Official Tells ABC News‚ ’This Is Completely Unacceptable’ By HILARY BROWN‚ LONDON‚ Oct. 28‚ 2007 The multi-billion dollar global fashion company Gap has admitted that it may have unknowingly used child labor in the production of a line of children’s clothing in India. This followed allegations by an investigative reporter based in Delhi‚ whose story was splashed across two
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In terms of section 185(b) of the LRA every employee has the right not to be subjected to unfair labour practices. According to the first statutory definition‚ an unfair labour practice was “anything the industrial court deemed to be an unfair labour practice”. The current definition of “unfair labour practice” reads as follows: (2) “Unfair labour practice” means any unfair act or omission that arises between an employer and an employee involving— (a) unfair conduct by the employer
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Labour Disputes: A look at the TKM unrest Introduction: Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited (TKM) was a joint venture‚ established in 1997‚ between Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota)‚ Japan’s largest car company and the second-largest car manufacturer in the world‚ and the Kirloskar Group of India. Toyota holds an 89% equity stake and while the Kirloskar Group holds the remaining 11%. Toyota has over 400 acres of land in its Bidadi plant and less than half of the land has been utilised
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Nike and child labour Nike is a household name when it comes to sports apparel and equipment. It has worked hard to burnish its image‚ especially by garnering endorsements from big names in the sports world‚such as Michael Jordan. But in 1996 its silver image began to tarnish. It knew it was in trouble when an article on child labour in Pakistan appeared in Life magazine with a picture of a 12-year-old boy sewing a Nike soccer ball in a factory‚ and activists started showing up in front
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Cheap Labour Markets Destruction of the Economy? In this text I would like to explain the worrying influence of cheap labour markets on foreign and national economy. Cheap labour markets like South-East Asia attract attention to companies‚ which have to sell their products at low prices in order to survive on the market. Therefore the concerns establish factories in these countries to save costs in the loan sector. In these countries unemployed people work for the lowest rent to gain money
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Task1 - Birthing Environment and Labour Choices In order to support woman through labour and birth‚ a choice of three birthing environments are provided. All of which are equipped with suitable birth facilities. NCT (2009) states that‚ women are entitled to choose where they give birth‚ with the support of their midwife- who are there as an aid to ensure a straightforward vaginal birth. Despite these options‚ in some cases- changes can be made at the last minute. Home birth A home birth proves
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LABOUR LAW PROJECT ON Judicial interpretation of the expression „arising out of and in the course of employment‟ Prepared By Shreya Prabhudesai S.Y. L.L.M. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Sr. No. Particulars Page No. 1. Introduction 3 2. Employer’s liability for 4-23 compensation 3. Doctrine of Notional Extension 23-28 4. Occupational Diseases 28-31 5. Conclusion 32 6. Bibliography 33 2 Judicial interpretation of the expression
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