The EU’s new forced labor law is an important stride in the global fight against forced labor. By addressing forced labor proactively, businesses can both prepare to comply with the law and help ...

Senator Josh Hawley brought up accusations of child labor at Tyson Foods' facilities on social media on Wednesday.

On World Social Justice Day 2025, Search for Justice, a child-focused civil society organization, reaffirms that the fight against child labour is inseparable from the broader struggle for social ...

VIJAYAWADA: As many as 7,069 children in the State were rescued from child labour between 2020 and 2024. Of them, 2,245 ...

The Ghana Employers Association (GEA) has launched the Employers’ Code of Practice and Action Plan for Eliminating Child ...

The government is considering forcing households who only watch streaming services to pay the BBC licence fee. The idea of expanding the licence to cover viewers of services such as Netflix and ...

A difficult labour law regime prevents businesses from managing their operations well. At the core of this sits the Industrial Disputes Act whose Chapter 5 prevents businesses employing more than ...

A Labour backbencher warned that any attempt by Sir Keir to water down plans to boost employment rights would spark a “massive row”. Asked about the Prime Minister’s comments, and if there ...

The public has turned on Labour after Rachel Reeves’s record tax raid triggered an economic downturn, according to a new survey. Three quarters of Britons now rate the economy as “poor ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

While the Labour government has ruled out rejoining the EU single market or customs union, it wants to improve what it has called Boris Johnson's "botched Brexit deal", and that the PEM could ...

The chancellor has told Labour MPs there are "no easy routes" to economic growth, after hinting the government will back a third runway at Heathrow Airport. Rachel Reeves said ministers must start ...