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Title: New reports conclude labour laws in Brazil and South Africa are no barrier to rights violations
Visit: New reports conclude labour laws in Brazil and South Africa are no barrier to rights violations
Author:
Maplecroft
Dated:
30 Sep 2009
Despite comprehensive laws, labour standards in Brazil and South Africa are a cause for major concern according to two in depth reports released by global risks intelligence firm, Maplecroft...Brazil is rated as extreme risk in all Maplecroft's labour rights and protection risk indices...Threats of particular importance to companies with interests in Brazil include: high labour costs resulting in a high percentage of informal labour; a large pool of child labour, especially in the agricultural and domestic sectors; and high levels of indebted/slave labour in the agricultural sector...South Africa...is rated...as extreme risk for trafficking and discrimination and as high risk for child labour and forced or involuntary labour.
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