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Briefing on Business & Human Rights in Tanzania; covers extractives, agribusiness, & tourism
The Business and Human Rights Tanzania(BHRT), Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance(CHRAGG), and International Peace Information Service(IPIS) have released a briefing presents an overview of present-day business and human rights issues and...
USA: Over 200 companies sign Supreme Court brief in support of LGBTQ workers
Author: Tim Fitzsimons, NBC News
"Over 200 major companies sign Supreme Court brief in favor of LGBTQ workers," 2 July 2019...
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- Related companies: Airbnb Alphabet Amazon.com American Airlines Apple Bank of America Bayer Best Buy Comcast Domino's Pizza Facebook General Motors Google (part of Alphabet) Hilton IBM JPMorgan Chase Macy's Marriott Morgan Stanley Nike
Qatar: First systematic survey documents migrant workers' experience of hospitality and construction sectors
Author: Philippe Fargues, Nasra M. Shah & Imco Brouwer - Gulf Labour Markets and Migration (GLMM)
"Working and living conditions of low-income migrant workers in the hospitality and construction sectors in Qatar: A survey among migrant workers through focus group discussions", 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news & company responses: Migrant workers in Qatar & the UAE
Commentary: “Non-technology” companies integrating AI into their business operations also need to address human rights impacts
Author: Dunstan Allison-Hope, Business for Social Responsibility
"Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights: We Need to Talk about the Use Phase", 16 May, 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Technology and Human Rights Technology and Human Rights: Artificial Intelligence
Author: Marina Fabre, Novethic (France) (copyright: www.novethic.fr)
« Le boycott a fonctionné : Le sultan de Brunei suspend la lapidation des homosexuels », 14 mai 2019 ...
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Indian Embassy launches social media campaign warning workers against travel to the UAE on tourist visas peddled by rogue recruiters
Author: Ramola Talwar Badam, The National (UAE)
"Embassy shares sorrow of Indian workers lured to UAE by devious recruitment agents", 9 May 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news & company responses: Migrant workers in Qatar & the UAE
Virgin CEO & 20 other executives sign onto initiative in support of LBGT+ rights; urge other businesses to follow suit
Author: Hugo Greenhalgh, Thomson Reuters Foundation
"Billionaire Branson urges business to back LGBT+ rights", 2 May 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news: CEO activism and other positive business initiatives to protect civic freedoms
- Related companies: Citigroup Deutsche Bank Morgan Stanley Nomura Pearson Unilever Virgin Group
Banks ban employees from staying at sultan of Brunei-owned hotels in response to new law punishing homosexual sex & adultery with death
Media reports that multinational banks are banning their employees from staying at hotels owned by the sultan of Brunei after the Southeast Asian country announced a new law imposing death by stoning for those convicted of gay sex, adultery, and rape....
Foreign workers in UK hospitality sector suffer low wages, harassment & health issues, Financial Times reports; incl. co comments
Author: Robert Wright and Camilla Hodgson, Financial Times
"Foreign cleaners expose lack of protection in UK labour market", 2 May 2019...
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