Over the last decade, the International Labor Organization (ILO) has managed a dynamic project in Cambodia which has resulted in drastically improved working conditions in Cambodian textile and apparel factories. The success of the Better Factories Cambodia project has led the ILO to expand the...

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...

In Australia, blind people are able to access texts in braille and books on tape, but the demand for these media is decreasing. Blind people today are increasingly reliant on texts in electronic form, and these are much less readily available in Australia. Electronic texts are more portable and...

The most recent Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Labour force characteristics of people with a disability reveal that the rates of persons in employment with disabilities remain high. The proportion of the Australian population identified with a disability was 20% (4 million) in 2003....

Resolving insurance disputes can focus only on quantum. Where insurers adopt integrative solutions they can enjoy cost savings and higher customer satisfaction. An integratively managed process can expand the negotiation options. The potential inherent in plaintiff’s emotions to resolve...

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...

People who use sign language to communicate have argued that they are a linguistic minority and not disabled. Rather than being disabled, people in this group have argued that they simply speak a language different than others, such as Spanish or Russian. Labeling a person as disabled attracts...

Over the last decade, the International Labor Organization (ILO) has managed a dynamic project in Cambodia which has resulted in drastically improved working conditions in Cambodian textile and apparel factories. The success of the Better Factories Cambodia project has led the ILO to expand the...