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• GINA is Here: Complying With "HER" Regulations

  
  HR Observations — Authority: 412
  Ok, I know that I took some liberties with "Geena" to match "GINA" in sound, but hey, it is Monday morning. GINA, or the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act went into effect on Saturday and as of that date employers must comply with Title II of the act. (Title I is a requirment for insurance companies to comply ...
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• Legal requirements for employing minors in the Philippines

  
  BusinessAccent.com: Man, mind, marketing, money and manners — Authority: 123
  All work and no play makes Juan dela Cruz a dull “boy.”   Our boys and girls are supposed to be playing and schooling, not working.  This is perhaps what lawmakers had in mind when they crafted laws protecting minors who are employed.  Thus, even if our laws allow minors to work, it is subject to [...]Related ...
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• Twentieth Anniversary of UN’S Convention on Rights of the Child – Has it Made a Difference?

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 592
  Today is the 20th anniversary of UN’s Convention on Rights of the Child and various ceremonies are being held all over the world to mark the event. This Convention on Rights of the Child (CRC) was signed in 1989 and it endorses and guarantees basic right of all children to life, education, play and protection from ...
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• Just Make Your Own: Cantena Chain Clock

  
  Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome — Authority: 750
  I like this clock . I cant exactly say why but I think its because it costs $2,338 and is definitely something my son team of highly skilled artisans could recreate for a fraction of the cost, ultimately saving you, the sucker, a bundle. one of our favorite wall clocks, the catena wall clock harkens back to ...
  4 days ago

• Colbert takes on child labor

  
  Labor is Not a Commodity — Authority: 417
  Tim Newman, Campaigns Director, International Labor Rights Forum Last week, I wrote about how big businesses in the US are lobbying against bans on the importation of products made using forced and child labor and linked to a clip from the Rachel Maddow Show .  Sadly, this is not the first time companies like ...
  4 days ago

• Nov. 20 A Vow of Silence for Children Without a Voice: IAmSilent.com

  
  Shaping Youth — Authority: 123
  Nov.19, 2009 I was planning on posting a homecoming piece and also part one of the eModeration internet safety interview, when I remembered I signed the “Vow of Silence” from Free the Children to represent children who have no voice. (go to  www.IAmSilent.com ) On top of that, it’s opening ...
  4 days ago

• News…

  
  Children — Authority: 121
  UNFPA: Impoverished women bear brunt of climate change The UN Population Fund has found the world’s primary agricultural workers — impoverished women — will bear the brunt of catastrophic climate change resulting from global warming. The UNFPA called for greater equality for women to relieve the ...
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• Migrants Children Fall Victims Of Illegal Workshop In Guangxi

  
  ChinaCSR.com — Authority: 431
  An explosion in a village workshop in Hezhou, Guangxi, has killed one child and injured 13 others.Of these victims, five were reported to have burns covering 90% of their bodies, five others suffered 55%-78% burns, and three 12%-40% burns.Preliminary investigations found that the victims range from seven to 15 years ...
  5 days ago

• Echoblowcation: Nota Bene #2009-41

  
  Scholars and Rogues — Authority: 593
  A few things for you NB readers: 1. NB is now numbered by year-issue instead of marked by date; 2. NB will continue to be issued weekly, but not necessarily on Monday night/Tuesday morning; 3. I liked last week’s format ( quoted line from source ) so much I’m repeating it. Enjoy! … “[O]ur recovery is likely to ...
  5 days ago

• Over The Hills [Snap Judgment]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 816
  [Rawalpindi, Pakistan; November 17. Image via Getty ] A girl plays hide and seek at the end of her work day at a brick factory in Rawalpindi, on the outskirts of capital Islamabad on November 17, 2009. Officially, Pakistan admits its 3.3 million children are at work helping their economically crippled families to ...
  6 days ago

• Shop with a Conscience Consumer Guide Launched

  
  Labor is Not a Commodity — Authority: 417
  By Brett Eisenbrown, Intern, International Labor Rights Forum As the holiday shopping season rolls around, I often find myself at a lost.  I am not what one calls a “good shopper.”  In fact, when I was younger my mother and I limited ourselves to one day of shopping a year in order to preserve our ...
  6 days ago

• Be My (Fair-Trade) Valentine

  
  Carrie and Danielle — Authority: 517
  Today, many of us will be celebrating Valentine’s Day. It’s estimated that about 50% of us will do it with candy –and that probably means chocolate. The Love Drug On this day of love, nothing quite says “I love you” like chocolate, and lots of it. Its texture seduces. Its taste comforts all ills. ...
  1 week ago

• Jon Gosselin sues TLC citing child labor laws

  
  Hobbies Fun & entertainment - fun-entertainment.marc8.com — Authority: 165
  Jon Gosselin has filed a counter lawsuit against the TLC network, claiming television producers violated Pennsylvanias child labor laws in filming the hit reality show "Jon & Kate Plus 8" and are preventing him from working. read more
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• Assassination of Farmworker Organizer Santiago Rafael and the FLOC Campaign to Organize Tobacco Workers in the Southern US

  
  Labor is Not a Commodity — Authority: 417
  Jade Batstone, intern, International Labor Rights Forum    A briefing took place on November 5th at AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C regarding the assassination of Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC). member Santiago Rafael in 2007. FLOC President, and newly elected AFL-CIO executive committee member, ...
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• Purchasing Ethics: Picking out Clothing With Limited Information

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 535
  The United States Department of Labor has come out with a 194-page report in which it identifies products made in various countries under conditions where “there is a significant incidence of forced labor and/or child labor in production”. The following are countries in which the Department of Labor finds there ...
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• Team Jon Accuses TLC Of Violating Child Labor Laws, Exploitation

  
  Famecrawler — Authority: 162
  Wanna hear something messed up? Jon and Kate only got paid $2,000 per episode during their first season in 2005. In a new court papers, Jon and his lawyers are alleging that TLC violated Pennsylvania’s child labor laws , negotiated an unfair contract with the couple, and have prevented Jon from pursuing his career ...
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• Was That Christmas Toy Made by Children or Slaves?

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 535
  Inhale near a mall and the Oriental Trading Company will put you on its mailing list. OTC, in case you’ve haven’t inhaled near a mall over the past 15 years, is a mail-order catalog warehouse operation selling kids’ toys at ridiculously inexpensive prices. “Wow,” you may ask yourself as you flip through ...
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• Rachel Maddow takes on corporations defending child and forced labor

  
  Labor is Not a Commodity — Authority: 417
  Tim Newman, Campaigns Director, International Labor Rights Forum Recently, Rachel Maddow picked up on an article written by David Sirota about how business groups are lobbying against provisions in a customs bill that contains provisions banning the importation of goods produced by convict labor, forced labor or ...
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• Honey From the ‘Hood

  
  Mission Mission — Authority: 583
  From the HMS Beekeeper twitternets: “A 6 y/o girl and her 13 y/o brother just sold me their Dolores park ‘honey from the hood.’” Damn, I wish I had been badass enough to milk bees when I was 6. Posted in Business and Technology, Food and Drink Tagged: child labor, Dolores Park, Locally grown BITCHES
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• 1,500 Tunnels Used To Smuggle Goods Into Gaza

  
  All Articles About Everything Blog — Authority: 159
  
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