Business Models and Labour Standards: Making the Connection

This report is aimed at opening up a new front of discussion that looks at how business models create these downward pressures on labour standards and argues that until such models are changed the problems with the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) approach will persist. As will be discussed, the ways in which the business models might change can differ greatly, but until the models change the problems will persist. The report, focusing on the apparel and food sectors, thus has two objectives:

To understand how flaws in prevailing business models create systemic downward pressures on workers’ rights;
To identify opportunities for Business Model Innovation and draw lessons from these.

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Tackling Sexual Harassment in Low-Paid and Insecure Work

Guidance

The purpose of this position paper is to inform the development of an effective labour market enforcement strategy for tackling sexual harassment in the context of low-paid and insecure work. It seeks to nuance the discussion around se...Read More

TAGS: Due Diligence Financial sector Extractives & Mining Agriculture, Horticulture & Landscaping Information and Communications Technology Aquaculture & Fishing Informal Sector Forestry/ Reforestation, Wood & Paper Food & Beverage - Processing & Packaging Construction & Security Services Garments & Textiles Tourism, Hospitality & Recreational Services Domestic Work/ Servitude Healthcare/ Pharmaceuticals Europe

Ending forced labour by 2030: A review of policies and programmes

Guidance

The international community clearly faces an immense challenge in honouring the global commitment made in Target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals to end all forms of forced labour by 2030 and to end the forced labour of children, along with ...Read More

TAGS: Due Diligence Global

Implementation of the Non-Punishment Principle

Guidance

In the report, the Special Rapporteur analyses current challenges in the implementation of the principle of non-punishment. The principle of non-punishment constitutes the cornerstone of an effective protection of the rights of victims of traffickin...Read More

TAGS: Reporting Domestic Work/ Servitude Global

State Report Cards: Grading Criminal Record Relief Laws for Survivors of Human Trafficking

Guidance

Many survivors of human trafficking exploited in the commercial sex industry or other labour sectors have been arrested for offenses stemming from their victimization. Resulting criminal records – both arrest and court documents – then follow su...Read More

TAGS: North America