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Blog: Top 10 BSR Blogs of 2012

Julia Robinson, Communications Associate

Looking for holiday-season reading? Consider one of our most-read blogs of 2012. Read more →

Posted: December 18, 2012 | Topics: Financial Services, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Human Rights, Labor Migration, Reporting & Communications, Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain, Sustainable Consumption

BSR Insight Article: China’s Social Security System: Impact on Brands and Suppliers

Jeremy Prepscius, Vice President, Asia-Pacific

In China, social security, labor, and trade union laws are changing. At the same time, worker demands and desires are also evolving. With costs of production and workers’ expectations both rising, a middle ground is increasingly difficult to find. Consequently, negotiations often end in strikes, which affect workers, factories, and buyers. Read more →

Posted: December 4, 2012 | Topics: Economic Development, Human Rights, Labor Migration

BSR Insight Article: Protecting Migrant Workers’ Rights for the 2022 World Cup

Julia Beier, Associate, Advisory Services

In preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, hundreds of thousands of international migrant workers will travel to Qatar to build extensive infrastructure from scratch. While Qatar has legal provisions in place to safeguard worker rights, human rights experts have raised concerns that these rights could be undermined. Read more →

Posted: October 2, 2012 | Topics: Human Rights, Labor Migration

Report: Migrant Workers and the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar: Actions for Business

Guy Morgan, Director, Advisory Services; Julia Beier, Associate, Advisory Services

Hundreds of thousands of international migrant workers will travel to Qatar to build extensive infrastructure from scratch for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Despite laws in place in the country to protect workers, many experts are concerned about potential human rights violations. Read more →

Posted: October 1, 2012 | Topics: Human Rights, Labor Migration | Download (PDF)

Blog: The Changing Labor Context in China: Workers and Collective Bargaining

Jason Ho, Manager, Advisory Services & CTI

In 2012, China's manufacturing sector has seen growing labor unrest. Wages have increased because of the scarcity of skilled labor, but tensions between workers and employers are high. Normally, a wage increase would be understood as a positive step, so why does the unrest continue, and how can collective bargaining legislation help? Read more →

Posted: September 7, 2012 | Topics: Human Rights, Labor Migration, Stakeholder Relations

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