European chamber says still has concerns on China anti-terror law
The European Chamber of Commerce in China still has concerns about China's new counter-terrorism law despite some of the more contentious cyber elements of it being dropped…The [new] controversial...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Local pressure group demands action after Marange Resources’...
"Security guards gun down illegal diamond panner", 28 Dec 2015 ONE illegal panner was allegedly shot dead, while two others were injured when security guards manning diamond fields in Marange opened...
View Article中国欧盟商会称对中国新反恐法仍存关切
中国欧盟商会周一发布声明称，该商会对中国新反恐法仍存关切，尽管其中一些存在争议的内容最终没有包括进来。 中国第十二届全国人大常委会第十八次会议12月27日表决通过的《中华人民共和国反恐怖主义法》要求科技企业协助解密信息，但没有要求按照最初计划那样安装安全“后门”。最初的反恐法草案有项条款要求企业将服务器和用户数据留在中国，人大表决通过的最终版本没有包括该条款。...
View ArticleDem. Rep. of Congo: Global Witness welcomes European Parliament resolution to...
Global Witness welcomes the European Parliament's resolution on the protection of the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which calls for EU Member States to help prevent...
View ArticleIndia: Govt. launch initiatives to support women workers
Ministry of labour is taking initiaves to support women workforce in both the government and private sector. The union government is set to increase the maternity leave for women employed in private...
View ArticleFinland: UN Special Rapporteur raises concerns about new bill threatening...
"New bill in Finland threatens Sami peoples’ right to traditional lands, livelihoods, UN expert warns", A United Nations human rights expert expressed deep concern today at the lack of consultation and...
View ArticleItaly: Migrant agricultural workers face dire working conditions, says NGO
"Italy's migrant workers face 'dire' conditions", 18 Dec 2015 Immigrants working in agriculture in southern Italy, who mainly come from Africa, face endemically poor living and working conditions...
View ArticleUK: Sports Direct promises to pay staff above minimum wage after Guardian...
"Sports Direct's Mike Ashley promises £10m to pay all staff above minimum wage", 31 Dec 2015 Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley has pledged to spend £10m on raising the pay of all the firm’s employees to...
View ArticleNew landslide sweeps through Myanmar jade mine
…[A] new landslide buried workers -- possibly dozens -- in a remote jade mining region in northern Myanmar, the second such incident in just over a month. The landslide took place…in Hpakant, Kachin...
View ArticleCrèche in offices help women strike work-family balance
In many companies, considering the number of women in workforce, in-house care centres for children of employees have become part of the basic infrastructure. These daycare facilities take in children...
View ArticleWhy Myanmar’s massive jade industry is so deadly
…Myanmar’s jade mines are among the bleakest places in all of Asia. In these zones, death is so common and lawlessness so obscene that the government forbids almost all outsiders from coming to take a...
View ArticleGovt to increase maternity leave in private sector to 26 weeks
The union government is set to increase the maternity leave for women employed in private firms from the existing 12 weeks to 26 weeks. Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi Monday said...
View ArticleWill a six-month maternity leave in India backfire?
India at the moment does not have the organisational capacity to match the benefits offered to women in East European and Scandinavian countries, where maternity leave extends beyond six months and is...
View ArticleIndia Considers Extending Maternity Leave to Eight Months
The Indian government is considering ratcheting up the length of paid maternity leave to eight months in a move to combat the country’s chronic malnutrition problems. The Ministry of Women & Child...
View ArticleMyanmar: Another deadly landslide hits Hpakant; jade miners said to be “in...
Deadly landslides hit the jade mines in Hpakant, Kachin State in November and December 2015, killing over a hundred. Reports state that most of those killed are hand pickers who go through piles of...
View ArticleUS Supreme Ct. should hear Nestlé, Cargill & ADM case over alleged child...
"Doe v Nestle: Will SCOTUS Grant Cert to Clarify Unresolved Issues in Kiobel?", 30 Dec 2015 Less than three years after the Supreme Court's decision in Kiobel v Royal Dutch Petroleum, which held that...
View ArticleFrance : Les entreprises de plus en plus nombreuses à intégrer le climat dans...
« Bon pour la Terre, bon pour les affaires », 4 décembre 2015 ... "Il y a douze ans, nous avons dû nous intéresser au développement durable car il en allait de la survie de notre modèle", confie sans...
View ArticleCompanies active in corporate social responsibility also try to avoid paying...
"Social saints, fiscal fiends", 2 Jan 2016 …David Guenther of the University of Oregon’s Lundquist College of Business and his co-authors compared the effective tax rates paid by a sample of American...
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