Sentences with phrase «human labour force»

From self - driving vehicles to robot chefs, we continue to hear that robots will replace the human labour force in a growing number of professions.

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In response, the fund's ethics council began an ongoing assessment of whether any of the companies in the fund might be involved in human rights violations (forced labour particularly) in Eritrea.

This is not the first time that aid from abroad has rankled the human - rights groups that campaign against forced labour in the cotton fields.

Set in the future, humanity's genetic engineering technology allows for a slave labour force of «replicants» indistinguishable from humans.

«The Chinese authorities» list of human rights abuses is as long as your arm - torture, forced labour, internet repression, unfair trials, and of course the death penalty.

Alex Balch has received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council, EU and Joseph Rowntree Foundation for research into policy on labour migration and efforts to tackle forced labour and human trafficking.

Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up the fight against trafficking in human beings and forced labour; believes that the fight against forced labour should focus on the places where cheap forced labour is exploited; calls therefore on Member States to strengthen their labour inspections and to facilitate those organisations that can help in detecting forced labour such as trade unions;

«The House urges the government of Nigeria to domesticate the African Union Migration Agreement as it relates to relationship between Nigeria and South Africa on migration issues on labour, border management, irregular migration, forced displacement, human rights of migrants, internal migration, migration data, migration and development, and inter-state cooperation and partnerships.

He insisted any government would have been forced to strengthen counter-terror laws in the wake of 9/11, but unlike the Conservatives, Labour could offset this with positive legislation such as the Human Rights Act.

Thousands of people are used as slave labour to carry military supplies, and forced to walk in front of army columns as human minesweepers.

Adrienne Long, from the Office of Child Labour, Forced Labour and Human Trafficking in the Bureau of International Labour Affairs at the U.S Department of Labour was at the Agency's headquarters recently where she met with the DG, Dame Julie Okah - Donli, as part of her visit to Abuja.

... Having access to a current, industry - specific, complete compensation tool is critical to planning an effective human resources strategy,» explained Mary Yaroshevsky - Glanville, director of human resources at Inex Pharmaceuticals (and chair of the BHRC Labour Market Information Task Force).

Human rights abuses against ethnic civilians, such as forced labour, rape, pillage, land grabbing, and exploitation were first reported in ethnic areas the 1970s and 1980s, after which more than 150,000 people8 had fled to Thailand to seek refuge in camps by 20109.

But ongoing human rights abuses in ethnic areas, such as forced labour, rape, displacement, and portering in Kayah, Karen, Shan, Kachin, and Rakhine states, continue unabated as the army's presence in those areas continues to disrupt the lives of local people (dm IRIN 2013).

Many of those she helps recount stories of abduction, forced labour, beatings, murder, rape and other human rights abuses.

These conventions help in regulating companies with respect to various aspects of the human rights, such as non-discrimination; women's rights; life, liberty and physical integrity of the person; civic freedoms; employee's rights; child labour; slavery, forced and bonded labour; economic, social and cultural rights; and voluntarism and market forces (Beyond Voluntarism 7 - 34).

Some critics of a universal basic income argue it would disincentivise work, but economic security should be a basic human right that wouldn't see a mass exodus from the labour force.

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The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA) comprises three key criminal offences: slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour; Human Trafficking; and committing an offence with the intention to commit Human Trafficking.

By the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, s71 (in force on 6 April 2010) a person, who holds another person in slavery or servitude or requires another person to perform forced or compulsory labour (see Art 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights), is guilty of an offence liable on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months in England and Wales or six months in Northern Ireland or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both and on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years or a fine or both.

Parosha Chandran, of 1 Pump Chambers, who has acted in two precedent - setting human trafficking cases and advises NGOs supporting victims of sex trafficking, forced labour and torture, was voted «Barrister of the Year».

Statistics indicate that persons with disabilities, in comparison to non-disabled persons, have less education, are more likely to be outside the labour force, face much higher unemployment rates, and are concentrated at the lower end of the pay scale when employed; see Minister of Human Resources Development, Persons with Disabilities: A Supplementary Paper (1994), at pp. 3 - 4, and Statistics Canada, A Portrait of Persons with Disabilities (1995), at pp. 46 - 49.

Until HRA 1998 — introduced by Labour with the slogan «bringing rights home» — came into force in 2000, the Convention could only be implemented by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg.

As an international business with global supply chains, we adopt the international law definitions of forced labour [1] and human trafficking [2] to frame our response to modern slavery as part of our Responsible Business strategy and in fulfilling our responsibilities under the Act.

But the scheme was found not to be in breach of the prohibition of forced labour in Art 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Best of all, a portion of every sale is donated to Not For Sale, an organization dedicated to helping end forced labour and human trafficking.