This paper analyzes emergent U.S. bilateral trade and investment frameworks, specifically its Model Free Trade Agreement (“FTA”) and Model Bilateral Investment Treaty (“BIT”), with respect to labor provisions and relative enforcement mechanisms, which will likely be enveloped in any...

Russia had few temporary workers in the 1990s, but after the fall of the Soviet Union and the entrance of foreign MNCs, the percent of workers on temporary contracts grew in 2014. In 2016, a new law was implemented that bans hiring temporary workers except through government-accredited agencies,...

Russia had few temporary workers in the 1990s, but after the fall of the Soviet Union and the entrance of foreign MNCs, the percent of workers on temporary contracts grew in 2014. In 2016, a new law was implemented that bans hiring temporary workers except through government-accredited agencies,...

“Structural changes in economies driven by digitalization, demographic changes and migration are changing the shape of jobs and workplaces. Technological advances have the potential to deliver enormous benefits to society but will also have profound consequences on employment and the quality...

This article examines how digitalization and robotization may affect the configuration and use of labor supply chains and the need for overseas cheap labor. Emphasis will be placed on China and its program of Made in China 2025 as well as its possible effects on foreign MNC labor supply chains...

The Social Dimension Labor Provision of the Transpacific Partnership (TPP) indeed represents the “Next Generation” in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and is possibly a “game changer” in the several Asian countries with TPP-side agreements with the U.S. As one of the few countries in the...

This paper therefore focuses on domestic laws that provide workers with an additional avenue of remedy from an expanded employment relationship—a doctrine of joint employer liability that places obligations “up the chain” on the in-country originating contractor who benefits from the...