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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

Safe Migration or Securitized Borders? How Anti-Smuggling Policies Shape Migrant Workers’ Rights

Safe Migration or Securitized Borders? How Anti-Smuggling Policies Shape Migrant Workers’ Rights

Debates over “safe migration” increasingly collide with the reality of securitized borders. Governments around the world justify anti-smuggling policies as necessary to combat organised crime and protect migrants from exploitation. However, in reality, such actions

From Protest to Algorithm: Are Social Movements Being Silenced by Moderation Bots?

From Protest to Algorithm: Are Social Movements Being Silenced by Moderation Bots?

From protest to algorithm, the frontlines of activism have rapidly shifted to digital platforms, where moderation bots now play a powerful gatekeeping role. Social movements depend on social media to mobilise, organise, and tell their

Climate Refugees 2.0: Who Protects People Displaced by Rising Seas and Smart-City Expansion?

Climate Refugees 2.0: Who Protects People Displaced by Rising Seas and Smart-City Expansion?

Climate refugees 2.0 are emerging as a defining humanitarian and urban challenge of this century. As rising seas swallow coastlines and smart-city expansion pushes low-income communities to the margins, millions face forced displacement without clear

Sudan’s Deepening Humanitarian Collapse: Civilian Suffering Amid Shifting Power and International Pressure

Sudan’s Deepening Humanitarian Collapse: Civilian Suffering Amid Shifting Power and International Pressure

Sudan is descending into one of the gravest humanitarian disasters of the decade. As the civil war grinds into its third year, the violence inflicted on civilians has intensified, and the institutions responsible for their

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

Is the ‘Right to Disconnect’ India’s Next Big Human-Rights Reform?

Is the ‘Right to Disconnect’ India’s Next Big Human-Rights Reform?

The concept of the right to disconnect in the digital work and constant-connectivity environment is now being discussed as a possible extension to labour and human-rights reform in India as the information environment becomes digitised.

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