Looking Ahead: Enforcement of the USMCA Labor Provisions lexology.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lexology.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Sen. Christopher Lawrence ‘Bong’ Go CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Go affirmed the need for a new line agency the Department of Overseas Filipinos or DOFil that will focus the functions and efficiently deliver services amid challenging times.
“I have been in the public service for more than two decades under President [Rodrigo] Duterte. I know if the agencies are not organized, the government service is not that fast and proper,” noted Go.
He argued that Congress must act quickly to streamline functions, improve coordination and make the government more responsive to the needs of millions of overseas Filipinos who must contend with the lingering impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the global economic downturn.
Dec.18.2020
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) came into force on July 1, 2020. Included in the USMCA are stronger labor provisions Congressional Democrats demanded, with the support of the Trump Administration, that were approved on a bipartisan basis during consideration of the USMCA implementing legislation in late 2019. The stronger labor provisions helped secure the support of key labor groups for the USMCA. Together with overall support from business groups, the USMCA set a framework for more extensive labor commitments in U.S. trade agreements. This is expected to lead to more aggressive enforcement.
While no case has been brought on the labor provisions of the USMCA so far,
The East African
Wednesday December 16 2020
Summary
In the mining community, child labour has increased since the lockdown, with many children getting involved to try and earn income for their families, study shows.
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Reduced economic activity brought about by the prolonged lockdown to slow down the spread of Covid-19 may be fuelling child labour in Zimbabwe’s informal gold mines.
Latest research by the Zimbabwe Environmental Lawyers Association (Zela), a vocal watchdog of the country s mining sector, shows an increase in the number of children being forced to work in informal gold mines.
Primary school-going girls are also venturing into sex work in large numbers in the gold mining areas, Zela says.
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