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Labor Standards And South Korean Employment Practices In North Korea, Marcus Noland
Labor Standards And South Korean Employment Practices In North Korea, Marcus Noland
Marcus Noland
By 2012, South Korean firms employed more than 50,000 workers in North Korea. This paper examines whether their employment practices are likely to encourage North Korea’s transition. Survey data indicate that the North Korean government has successfully circumscribed exposure of North Korean citizens both to South Koreans, and to more market-oriented economic practices. South Korean investment in North Korea may well be beneficial for both the firms and workers involved, but evidence of the sort of broader spillovers that proponents of engagement sometimes assert is not evident. The possibility of using voluntary labor codes to promote transformation is then examined.
Informal Workers And Their Rights, Srijit Mishra
Informal Workers And Their Rights, Srijit Mishra
Srijit Mishra
The four fundamental principles and rights at work are intrinsic and with a pragmatic relevance that also find resonance in the Constitution of India through its Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles. Our interpretation through a Rawlsian prism also adds to our understanding of these four fundamental principles. An evaluation of the Indian context points out that more than 90 per cent of the workforce is informal workers and that the proportion of informal workers is also increasing in the organised sector. Further, our analysis indicates shortcomings in the four fundamental principles. Their freedom to organise is limited as most work …