While companies are starting to integrate workforce related issues into financial incentive structures, they are also (i) confusing living wage with minimum wage, (ii) reluctant to provide data on contingent workforce and social dialogue mechanisms and (iii) less able to provide data on implementation of responsible sourcing commitments (according to the Workforce Disclosure Initiative – WDI)

Week of 27 April 2020 While companies are starting to integrate workforce related issues into financial incentive structures, they are also (i) confusing living wage with minimum wage, (ii) reluctant to provide data on contingent workforce and social dialogue mechanisms and (iii) less able to provide data on implementation of responsible sourcing commitments (according to … Continue reading While companies are starting to integrate workforce related issues into financial incentive structures, they are also (i) confusing living wage with minimum wage, (ii) reluctant to provide data on contingent workforce and social dialogue mechanisms and (iii) less able to provide data on implementation of responsible sourcing commitments (according to the Workforce Disclosure Initiative – WDI)

EU-wide mandatory cross-sectoral human rights and environmental due diligence legislation will form part of the EU’s COVID-19 recovery package; this will feed into the European Green Deal with consultations starting now to feed into a legislative proposal debated at the EU in 2021 (according to the EU Commissioner for Justice)

Week of 27 April 2020 EU-wide mandatory cross-sectoral human rights and environmental due diligence legislation will form part of the EU’s COVID-19 recovery package; this will feed into the European Green Deal with consultations starting now to feed into a legislative proposal debated at the EU in 2021 (according to the EU Commissioner for Justice) … Continue reading EU-wide mandatory cross-sectoral human rights and environmental due diligence legislation will form part of the EU’s COVID-19 recovery package; this will feed into the European Green Deal with consultations starting now to feed into a legislative proposal debated at the EU in 2021 (according to the EU Commissioner for Justice)

The equivalent of 305 million full-time jobs will be lost this quarter, as we face a 10.5 per cent decline in global working hours; 1.6 billion informal economy workers (out of 2 billion) are in immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed – this represents half of the total global working population of 3.3 billion (according to the ILO)

Week of 27 April 2020 The equivalent of 305 million full-time jobs will be lost this quarter, as we face a 10.5 per cent decline in global working hours; 1.6 billion informal economy workers (out of 2 billion) are in immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed – this represents half of the total global … Continue reading The equivalent of 305 million full-time jobs will be lost this quarter, as we face a 10.5 per cent decline in global working hours; 1.6 billion informal economy workers (out of 2 billion) are in immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed – this represents half of the total global working population of 3.3 billion (according to the ILO)