Effective regulation has broadly three essential components. First the law must develop standards; Second there must be sufficient monitoring of compliance to detect non-compliance; and third there must be some form of motivation to avoid non-compliance. The growth in international trade has...

To increase efficiencies, clothing retailers often outsource the manufacturing of products to traders. Traders pass on these time and cost pressures to outworkers who reportedly work in poor and unsafe working conditions. This article analyses whether existing occupational health and safety laws...