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Human Rights Watch's new world report explores role of businesses in abuses
Author: Human Rights Watch (USA)
World Report 2019, 17 Jan 2019...
USA: 2018 report on state of human rights details violations of labour rights, access to water & free, prior & informed consent
Author: US Human Rights Network
In the United States this year...we have seen undeniable, egregious, and unapologetic violations of human rights... Illegal and immoral attempts to encroach on American Indian lands, territories, and the resources of Indigenous Peoples have always been...
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- Related companies: Alphabet Amazon.com Apple Bayer Ben & Jerry's (part of Unilever) Facebook Google (part of Alphabet) McDonald's Microsoft Monsanto (part of Bayer) Taco Bell (part of YUM!) Unilever Walmart Whole Foods Market YUM!
Author: BBC Mundo
La exitosa empresa que solo contrata a empleados autistas- 04 de enero de 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Derechos laborales Pasos positivos
International co-operative movement adopts declaration on decent work
Author: Anca Voinea, Co-operative News
"International co-op movement adopts declaration on decent work", 6 December 2018...
Author: Béatrice Bossard, La Nouvelle République (France)
« Le handicap n'est plus un frein au travail », 8 novembre 2018...
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USA: Coca-Cola to pay $ 2.25 mln. to settle 9 discrimination charges alleging co's failure to properly accommodate employees with disabilities
Author: Lisa Burden, HR Dive (USA)
"Coca-Cola to pay $2.25M, update return-to-work policy to settle ADA charge", 31 Aug 2018...
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- Related companies: Coca-Cola
Author: Consejería Presidencial de Derechos Humanos (Colombia)
“2do Informe de seguimiento del Plan Nacional de Acción de Derechos Humanos y Empresas 2017- 2018”...
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- This is a response from the following companies: Anglo American Anheuser-Busch InBev Aviatur Bavaria (part of SABMiller) BHP Billiton Brookfield Cemex Cerrejón Coal (joint venture Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Glencore) Cerro Matoso (part of South32, part of BHP Billiton) Colombia Natural Resources, CNR (part of Murray Energy) Drummond Ecopetrol Fortox Security Group Glencore Grupo Bolívar Grupo Nutresa Isagen (part of Brookfield) Mineros Murray Energy Prodeco (part of Glencore) SABMiller (part of Anheuser-Busch InBev) Smurfit Kappa Cartón de Colombia (part of Smurfit Kappa) South32 (part of BHP Billiton) Telefónica
Australia & New Zealand: Workers with disabilities reportedly being acutely underpaid, some receiving only $1 an hour
Media reports cite employees with disabilities in Australia and New Zealand are being paid as little as $1 an hour. Rights groups say that the practice breaches international law and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with...