UAE: New resolution requires employers to set up measures to protect employees’ gratuity payments, travels to home country & repatriation in case of death

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 12, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

  A new resolution has been passed regarding bank guarantees and employees’ protection insurance scheme for the private sector, by the UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation. A second option entails a 30-month insurance policy, at a value of AED137.50...

Brazil: Indigenous Rights Under Serious Threat

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 10, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

  The Brazilian government has adopted policies that seriously threaten the rights of Indigenous peoples, Human Rights Watch said today, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The administration of President Jair Bolsonaro has undermined the...

Uber exploited violence against drivers, broke law & used investor money to ‘seduce’ drivers in its global expansion, alleges report; incl. co comment

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 13, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

  The cache of files, which span 2013 to 2017, includes more than 83,000 emails, iMessages and WhatsApp messages, allegedly shows how the tech giant flouted laws, duped police, exploited violence against drivers and secretly lobbied governments during its...

Migration and Asylum: Commission welcomes today’s progress in the Council on the New Pact on

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 23, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The Commission welcomes that Member States have agreed today to start implementing a voluntary solidarity mechanism by offering relocations, financial contributions and other measures of support to Member States in need. This is a significant step forward for the...

Food security: EU to step up its support to African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 22, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Commission adopted today a proposal to mobilise €600 million from the reserves of the European Development Fund to address the current food security crisis aggravated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. These funds will support African, Caribbean and...