Low freight rates, unpaid working time and immigration rules can leave some drivers with little room to push back against difficult working conditions.
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When the skills of new immigrants exceed the demands of their jobs, organizations may risk losing valued employees.
Migrant workers are vital to Spain’s vast agriculture sector, but they are often hidden from view.
New research interviewing women involved with the federal government’s Pacific Labour Mobility Scheme shows why it needs urgent reform to stop worker exploitation.
Drawing on two years of research with migrant garment workers, a recent report argues that the recent US forced labour ban exposes a broader system of exploitation.
Researchers found pervasive worker underpayment in Australia, with two-thirds of temporary visa holders paid less than they were legally owed.
China’s economic growth didn’t benefit Hu Anyan – but his exceptional literary talent did. His book about struggling to survive as a gig worker is a worldwide hit.
Businesses are scrambling to rethink their global supply chains in the face of tariffs.
The UK system can be hard to navigate – and lacking knowledge on how it works can leave migrants paying more or missing out entirely.
Filling the UK’s skills and labour shortages is not as easy as simply turning off the supply of migrant workers.
Across the EU, nearly 10% of long-term care workers are foreign-born.
Australia has adopted a tougher, more targeted approach than New Zealand to investigating wage theft by employers – and it doesn’t involve the police.
The UK’s ongoing need for workers drives migrants to take huge risks and face high financial costs.
The president has vast authority over the armed forces, but using them to secure the border would quickly unleash legal chaos, say lawyers.
Trudeau’s explanation paints an incomplete picture and perpetuates misleading narratives about Canada’s immigrant selection, higher education and asylum systems.
Upcoming changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program should include improvements to the Open Work Permit for Vulnerable Workers.
With 100 hours aboard Amtrak trains, students learn about sustainable travel and destination tourism, using cities along the routes as living laboratories.
Canada’s beef processing sector heavily depends on low-wage immigrant and temporary migrant workers, exploiting them to sustain a workforce that is less likely to push for better working conditions.
Rather than tinkering around the edges, the federal government needs to fundamentally overhaul the Temporary Foreign Worker program to end the exploitation of these workers.
Mobility restrictions imposed on internationally trained physicians in Canada could be aggravating the health-care crisis intensifying an ongoing doctor shortage.
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Associate Professor of Health Studies, Research Associate, International Migration Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Associate Professor, UNSW
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Doctoral Candidate, Medical Anthropology, University of Toronto
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Research Fellow, Centre for Rural Policy Research, University of Exeter
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, International Migration Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Senior Lecturer, Griffith University
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Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Law, Adelaide University
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Honorary Research Associate, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Sociology, York University, Canada
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Professor of Development Studies, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Assistant Professor, Documentary Film, OCAD University
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Professor of Social Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney