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Singapore: Tripartite standard to encourage age-inclusive workplaces benefiting employees age 60 up launched
Author: Fann Sim, Channel NewsAsia
"New voluntary tripartite standard launched to make workplaces elderly-friendly", 27 April 2018...
Vietnam: Singaporean banks finance coal-fired power station; Indonesian experience found energy source caused health problems, damaged crops
Author: David Fogarty, The Straits Times
DBS and OCBC are among a group of banks and lending agencies that have signed off on financing of about US$1.87 billion...for a controversial coal-fired power station in Vietnam....
- Related companies: DBS Bank OCBC Bank UOB (United Overseas Bank)
Palestine: Over 40 Asian NGOs urge UN to release names of companies profiting from Israeli settlements
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ASEAN: Crackdowns and deployment moratoriums create labour shortages; economic pressure creates more undocumented migrant workers
Author: Simon Roughneen & Yukako Ono, Nikkei Asian Review
"Southeast Asia's vulnerable migrants pose an economic Catch-22," 06 March 2018...
Singapore will help migrant workers set-up bank accounts to verify right salaries are promptly paid
Author: Reuters, Bangkok Post
"Singapore helps migrant workers track income", 22 February 2018...
Singapore: Migrant workers struggle with low wages absent a minimum wage law; incidences of non-payment are common
Author: Kirsten Han, CNN
"Singapore's migrant workers struggle to get paid", 25 February 2018...
Germany: Law requiring social media companies to remove 'illegal content' violates free speech, according to Human Rights Watch
Author: Human Rights Watch
"Germany: Flawed social media law," 14 February 2018...
- Related stories: Germany: New social media law criticised for violating free speech & shifting regulatory responsibility to co's
- Related in-depth areas: Technology and Human Rights: Digital Freedom
- Related companies: Alphabet Facebook Google (part of Alphabet) Instagram (part of Facebook) YouTube (part of Alphabet)
Singapore: Migrant worker rights activist Jolovan Wham charged with vandalism & organising public assemblies without permit
Author: Shaffiq Idris Alkhatib, Straits Times (Singapore)
"Civil rights activist Jolovan Wham charged with organising public assemblies without permit and vandalism", 29 Nov. 2017...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on human rights defenders
Google discusses commitment to be 100% renewable-powered & need for increased renewable energy in Asia
Author: Robin Hicks, Eco-Business
“Google wants Asia to get serious about renewable energy”, 1 Nov 2017...
- Related in-depth areas: Mitigation
- Related companies: Alphabet Google (part of Alphabet)
Singapore: UN expert says IMF loan policies undermine human rights & development goals
Author: AFP, The Business Times
"IMF policies undermine human rights: UN expert", 19 October 2017...