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National and supranational legislatures continue to develop laws requiring employers to conduct due diligence of their operations and those of their business partners in order to...

National and supranational legislatures continue to develop laws requiring employers to conduct due diligence of their operations and those of their business partners in order to address human rights risks such as forced labor and child labor. Recently, the European Union (EU), Switzerland, and Japan have rolled out such laws, described below:EU’s Corporate Due Diligence and

This year has seen a number of international and regional legislative efforts imposing human rights due diligence and transparency obligations on multinational employers. 

Labourers make bricks at a factory in Karachi. -AFP/File LAHORE: Pakistan has overall scored 51 points out of 100 at the Decent Work Check tool of the Labour Rights Index (LRI) that covers 115 countries across the globe. Finland and Lithuania top the LRI with both scoring 96 points. The LRI for the year 2020 contains 10 indicators each with five legal questions and has been compiled by the Netherlands-based Centre for Labour Research and Wage Indicator Foundation. Pakistan lags behind neighbour...

Guardian Group looks to the youth Thursday 24 December 2020 In this November 29, 2019 file photo English teacher Marsha Singh holds a study session with students of Cowen Hamilton Secondary, Moruga. The school was a runner-up in the 2019 National Secondary School Entrepreneurship Competition (NSSEC) which the Guardian Group sponsors. FILE PHOTO/MARVIN HAMILTON - The United Nations usually partners with governments or non-governmental agencies in its mission to encourage sustainable development...