In the UK, GMB Union staff have repeatedly been threatened with injunctions for 'trespassing' when trying to access Amazon facilities to recruit new members.
Return to work policies should be informed by a human-centred approach that puts rights and international labour standards at the heart of economic, social and environmental strategies, says the International Labour Organisation.
The TUC believes that too many workers have already been put at unnecessary risk through lack of personal protective equipment and inadequate social distancing procedures.
A new report highlights the lax regulatory framework around asbestos in the UK, with the technology used to measure airborne asbestos fibres being far less accurate than in other countries.
The investigation comes following a complaint filed by ten Kenyan citizens, with support from The East African Centre for Human Rights, which outlined abuses of human rights law.
The ruling will have wide-ranging implications for the future disclosure of documents used in court proceedings and will impact on the access to documents given to people and organisations who are not part of court proceedings.
Lawyer Harminder Bains has called on the Government in Scotland and in London to put in strict laws to prevent UK based companies from being involved in the trading of asbestos.
Changes in working practices, demographics, technology and the environment are creating new occupational safety and health concerns, according to a new report from the International Labour Organisation