Easing labour laws in Brazil seen putting workers at risk in pandemic
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilThomson Reuters Foundation Safety measures protecting Brazilian labourers against work in dangerous conditions are coming under threat by the government’s efforts to ease regulations during the coronavirus pandemic, labour authorities warn. One regulation was altered already to restrict labour inspectors’ authority to shut down dangerous workplaces, and other changes are proposed by […]
Special report – Expose reveals child labour in Cambodian brick kilns despite crackdown
Phnom Penh, CambodiaThomson Reuters Foundation Cambodian children are working in brick kilns across the country despite a recent government declaration that all furnaces were free of child labour following a state crackdown, a Thomson Reuters Foundation expose has found. Kiln visits by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, a soon-to-be-released survey by the workers union, and interviews […]