... , Washington, DC: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. This Chapter has reviewed recent developments in the empirical study of labor and employment laws. A growing interest in cross-national, comparative analysis has prompted the emergence of new data sources, in the form of indices...

.... This chapter examines some of the distinctive public-interest legal organizations that exist to help to enforce the employment laws in the United States. It focuses on two broad categories of such organizations: national issue organizations and legal services organizations. The emphasis is on “enforcement...

... labour white settler manhood moral authority employment laws From the 1820s to the 1860s as white settlement expanded, Indigenous people lost their land, their livelihoods, and their lives in an unequal struggle. Settlers pushed across Van Diemen’s Land, in and around the Swan River Colony...

...2022 ‘Employment law: background, origins, and sources’ discusses the background, origins, and sources of employment law. In countries whose laws are derived from Roman law (civilian jurisdictions), employment laws tend to be set out in a Labour Code. The Labour or Civil Code comprehensively sets...

... the book#x0027;s case study in Brazil, which focuses on the health risks related to child labor, that country's employment laws, child labor rates, and associated problems are introduced. The principal aspects of child labor eradication policy in Brazil are examined, and alternatives are discussed...