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Migrant workers to the Gulf laid off, stranded on unpaid leave & facing wage delays
Author: Sameer Hashmi, BBC Gulf
"Coronavirus leaves Gulf migrant workers stranded," 16 May 2020...
Kenya: Uber drivers to earn less after company increases commission from three to 25 percent citing 'unprecedented times'
Author: Annie Njanja, Daily Nation (Kenya)
"Uber drivers face earnings drop as coronavirus bites"...
- Related in-depth areas: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak: Government & business response Technology and Human Rights: Gig Economy
- Related companies: Uber
More than 900 CEOs & Presidents commit to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace
CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion is the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion within the workplace. This commitment is driven by the realization that addressing diversity and inclusion is not a competitive...
Hosts criticize Airbnb's refund policy in response to coronavirus outbreak for being unfair
Author: Korea Herald
“Airbnb hosts squeezed by COVID-19, angry at refund policies”, 30 March 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak: Government & business response
- Related companies: Airbnb Uber
Cambodia: Govt. issues an income tax exemptions directive for factories producing textile & garment, footwear and luggage after EC's EBA decision
Author: SoK Chan, Khmer Times
"Government permits tax exemptions on specific goods", 27 March 2020...
- Related stories: Cambodia: EU partially withdraws trade preferences over rights concerns; stakeholders respond
- Related companies: Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia
Author: Maurice Fick, Luxemburger Wort (Luxembourg)
« Sensibiliser les sociétés aux droits de l'homme », 27 février 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on mandatory human rights due diligence
- Related companies: eDreams ODIGEO Ferrero
Cambodia: European Commission decides to partially withdraw Cambodia’s trade preferences affecting selected garment and footwear products, & all travel goods and sugar
Author: European Commission
"Commission decides to partially withdraw Cambodia’s preferential access to the EU market", 12 February 2020...
EU Agency for Fundamental Rights paper looks at examples of business-related human rights abuse and factors facilitating access to remedy
Philippines: Alarming number of fatal attacks against environmental defenders related to agribusiness, mining & logging
The new Global Witness report denounces that in 2018, 30 land and environmental defenders were killed in the Philippines, making it the country with the highest number of such killings in the world. Their new investigation shows that mining,...
Defending the Philippines: Environmental activists at the mercy of business at all costs
Author: Global Witness
Violence against land and environmental defenders is a systemic problem, spanning many different regions of the country and many different industries, and the army uses force to silence activism. 52 defenders have been killed extra-judicially in the...
- Related stories: Philippines: Alarming number of fatal attacks against environmental defenders related to agribusiness, mining & logging
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on human rights defenders Women human rights defenders
- Related companies: Del Monte Foods Dolefil (Dole Philippines) (part of Itochu) Itochu JPMorgan Chase San Miguel Corporation Standard Chartered