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Global Shift Ahead: Nations Plan to Expand the Four-Day Work Week in 2026

Global Shift Ahead: Nations Plan to Expand the Four-Day Work Week in 2026

The trend of the world moving towards the Four-Day Work model is picking up at a rapid pace, and the year 2026 is proving to be the biggest turning point in history. Europe, Asia, Africa,

New Migration Policy Trends in OECD Countries: Tighter Labour Channels but High Demand for Essential Workers

New Migration Policy Trends in OECD Countries: Tighter Labour Channels but High Demand for Essential Workers

New migration policy trends in OECD countries reveal a growing paradox: governments are tightening labour migration channels while still relying heavily on essential workers in care, agriculture, and services. Security is in place to avoid

Workers Could Be Able to Ignore After-Hours Calls by LawOffer

Workers Could Be Able to Ignore After-Hours Calls by LawOffer

A new proposal which permits employees to disregard after-hours calls has become a significant step towards more worklife balance debate in India. With the blurring of professional and personal boundaries with the help of digital

Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025 — Could It End India’s Work-After-Hours Culture?

Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025 — Could It End India’s Work-After-Hours Culture?

The proposed Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025 by India attempts to address the problem of the always-on work culture by providing employees with an explicit right to stay silent to work-related calls, emails, and messages

Push for Social Security Expansion by 2026

Push for Social Security Expansion by 2026

By 2026, the majority of countries are struggling to expand social security such that it is extended to the formal workers (salaried) and other informal, gig, and migrant workers. The pandemic, the rise in the

The Four New Labour Codes: Breakthrough or New Risks for Workers?

The Four New Labour Codes: Breakthrough or New Risks for Workers?

India’s four new Labour Codes promise to simplify complex regulations and expand protections, but from a worker’s perspective they raise as many questions as they answer. The reform will simplify the process of compliance and

Union Rights vs Anti-Union Laws: A Global Overview of Worker–Employer Power Balance

Union Rights vs Anti-Union Laws: A Global Overview of Worker–Employer Power Balance

The relationship between workers and employers has remained highly disparate in the world due to the presence of union rights and anti-union laws. The workers have meaningful voice at work in some countries with high

Women’s Night-Shift and Safety Rights

Women’s Night-Shift and Safety Rights

Women who work on the night shift are an essential component of the health care, hospitality, manufacturing, and IT industries and other directions, but they are also more exposed to the threats of safety, transport,

New Labour-Law Overhaul in India: What It Means for Informal, Gig, and Migrant Workers

New Labour-Law Overhaul in India: What It Means for Informal, Gig, and Migrant Workers

The new labour-law overhaul in India is meant to streamline and modernize a patchwork system with dozens of laws being combined into four broad labour codes. This may theoretically lead to more workers (both informal,

Tea Garden Workers Get Land Rights — How Land Ownership Could Change Labour Justice in Rural India

Tea Garden Workers Get Land Rights — How Land Ownership Could Change Labour Justice in Rural India

Decades after decades, tea garden laborers in India have worked and lived in the farms without owning the land the houses are built on and as a result, they are at the mercy of the