The responsibility of multinational enterprises to respect labor rights in global operations has been widely discussed in the corporate social responsibility and business ethics literature. Since the adoption of the UNGP in 2011, legal scholars are formalizing this discussion around the legal...

This study measures key indicators of perceived precariousness and decent works, and their relative effects on life satisfaction of workers in small and medium-sized enterprises. Using a random sample survey, we interviewed 103 workers in four districts of Sylhet division in Bangladesh....

Multinational firms with global supply chains manage the labor compliance of their supplier firms. Does this private regulation cause compliance to improve? And what approaches to private regulation are effective? This study analyzes supply chain regulation under a largely cooperative approach...

This chapter focuses on the role of ‘indirect employment' in the Korean labour market and the country's experience with addressing the problems caused by its use. The Korean example is taken as a basis for a discussion of the challenge that labour market dualization poses for the protection of...