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Smart working, privacy and labour’s rights

The incorrect use of work tools leads to negative consequences. An example is a recent case involving an employee of the Banca ComercialăRomână (BCR) who, to facilitate customers in the administration of files, used his…

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Singapore govt has decided to build updated dormitories for the migrant workers

Post criticism Singapore to build improved dormitories for Migrant workers

Post a series of criticism and backlash by Human Rights advocates and Migrant activists over living conditions of foreign workers in cramped spaces, Singapore government has decided to build updated dormitories for the migrant workers.…

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Stay at home and work from home concept during Coronavirus pandemic

Working from Home – Rules for the Pandemic Edition

The COVID-19 pandemic has left more people working from home, trying to balance their work and home life. The employees are clueless on how to go about the targets and work expectations while trying to…

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Singapore industries fear business losses with reduced migrant workforce

Singapore industries and business fear that loss in business opportunities and hiked prices might be looming if the migrant worker population decreases in the country. The foreign workers make the majority of workforce (almost 90%)…

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HRW report details extent of coronavirus outbreaks in Qatar central prison

A new report from the Human Rights Watch (HRW) is providing the first snapshot of the extent of coronavirus outbreaks in Doha central jail, where hundreds of inmates and staff have tested positive to COVID-19.…

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How Hacking Helped Harassed Workers In Ohio Handle Covid-19 Crisis

The State of Ohio was using unfair means to target those employees that were refusing to work in the Covid-19 pandemic crises without being guaranteed health benefits. It was using a fictitious Covid-19 website to…

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet

Victims of intercommunal violence in South Sudan deserve ‘justice, truth and reparations’, UN officials say

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday condemned a fresh wave of intercommunal violence in the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, that has left hundreds of dead across 28 villages in Jonglei State,…

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Coronavirus: Struggles of maintaining work life balance amid new topsy-turvy normal

The trying times of coronavirus has turned our lives upside-down. With the lockdown imposed in most of the nations across the world to curb the spread of coronavirus pandemic, work from home has emerged as…

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How Migrant Workers Continue To Travel To England And Germany In Lockdown Times

Self isolation is a privilege for many Europeans who are living and getting supplies even though they are home bound. The ones who are not getting to practice social distancing and protect themselves from exposure…

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How To Manage Blurred Work Hours In Pandemic Times

When you are constantly working from home in a lockdown scenario, there can be a natural and unconscious blurring of the time given to family versus time spent on work.  You become a slave to…

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