* Exploitative practices cost workers $21 billion a year * Desperate people lured by loans and cash advances * Abuses most prevalent in Asia and among migrant workers By Laura MacInnis GENEVA, May 12 ...

On June 8, 2024, a significant reform on labor exploitation came in to force under the General Law to Prevent, Punish and Eradicate Crimes related to Trafficking in Persons and the Protection and ...

A traveling carnival business owner in Texas is the latest to be accused of labor exploitation amid a surge in calls for worker protection reforms and child labor violations across the nation. Angel ...

Indonesia's nickel downstreaming program, while economically significant, neglects critical aspects of occupational safety, health, and workers' rights, leaving both foreign and Indonesian workers ...

Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have surged to $236 billion annually, with sexual exploitation responsible for three-fourths of the earnings. The International Labor Organization has ...

Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have risen to the “obscene” amount of $236 billion per year, the U.N. labor agency reported Tuesday, with sexual exploitation to blame for three-fourths of ...

MILAN (Reuters) -An Italian court has placed a unit of fashion brand Valentino under judicial administration for a year after uncovering worker abuse inside its supply chain, in the latest in a string ...

MILAN (Reuters) -Italian prosecutors are seeking to place shoemaker Tod's under judicial administration over alleged worker abuses in its supply chain, in the latest in a string of cases that have ...

According to the worker campaign group Labour Behind the Label, Amazon has failed to respond to concerns that brands selling on its site engage in worker rights abuses. The complaint alleges that ...

What is a person’s labor worth? What about their skills developed across years of training and life’s hard-learned lessons? Is it worth a wage that can support a family or buy a home? Is it worth ...

We examined the injustices of prison labor nationwide — and lay the foundation for a more equitable path forward. Our nation incarcerates more than 1.2 million people in state and federal prisons, and ...