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The Ethics of Unpaid Internships: Fair Opportunity or Modern Exploitation?

The Ethics of Unpaid Internships: Fair Opportunity or Modern Exploitation?

Previously viewed as a step towards a career, unpaid internships are being criticized as exploitative in 2025, with 30.8-58.1% of the internships being unpaid and disproportionately targeting low-income and first-generation students. The protests of the

Migrant, Domestic & Seasonal Workers: The Overlooked Vulnerable Workforce

Migrant, Domestic & Seasonal Workers: The Overlooked Vulnerable Workforce

Migrant, domestic and seasonal workers are a huge but vulnerable workforce in the world that is usually left out of the protection despite driving economies. By 2025, there are 150 million migrant workers in India

Workers’ Rights in the Gig Economy: What Every Gig Worker Should Know in 2025

Workers’ Rights in the Gig Economy: What Every Gig Worker Should Know in 2025

The emergence of flexible, app-based employment has changed the livelihood of millions of people, and the gig economy will be a determining force in the year 2025. Gig workers have become the workforce of the

Employee Termination Rights: What to Do If You Are Unfairly Fired

Employee Termination Rights: What to Do If You Are Unfairly Fired

Learning about Employee Termination Rights is key to employees who are suddenly or unfairly fired. To be rendered jobless without reasonable cause may be stressful both emotionally and financially, however the law offers various safeguards

Informal Sector Workers in 2025: Changes and Persistent Challenges

Informal Sector Workers in 2025: Changes and Persistent Challenges

The informal sector continues to be a key player in the global economies in 2025, hiring 80% of the Indian workforce and accounting for 45% of GDP, but the recent survey has revealed that the

What International Examples Teach Us: Labour Rights Protections in Developed Countries & Lessons for Emerging Economies

What International Examples Teach Us: Labour Rights Protections in Developed Countries & Lessons for Emerging Economies

Denmark, Norway, and Germany, as the developed nations, present the strong labor rights models that the emerging market economy, in particular, workers, can take up amidst the rush of industrialization to secure their rights. Denmark

Invisible Contract Work: Why Zero-Hour Contracts Are Risky for Workers

Invisible Contract Work: Why Zero-Hour Contracts Are Risky for Workers

Zero-hour contracts promise flexibility but often trap workers in precarious "invisible" arrangements where employers offer no guaranteed hours while expecting constant availability. Such contracts transfer all the risk onto employees, such as minimum wage, unreliable

What Qualifies as Wrongful Dismissal?

What Qualifies as Wrongful Dismissal?

It is necessary that employees as well as employers understand what constitutes wrongful dismissal in the current changing workplace environment. Wrongful termination happens when an employee is dismissed against the employment legislation, employment conditions, or

What’s in the Employment Rights Bill?

What’s in the Employment Rights Bill?

The Employment Rights Bill is one of the significant changes to the way a workplace functions as it provides better protection to workers and their responsibilities to the employer are better defined. In the quest

Employee Was Wrongfully Terminated After Failing Polygraph Test: Legal Insights

Employee Was Wrongfully Terminated After Failing Polygraph Test: Legal Insights

Polygraph tests, or lie detector tests, are widely considered with controversy and thus, they are employed by a few companies during their investigations. However, in some cases, making polygraph tests a requisite for employment can