Global workforce

The Greek government has requested a review of a sentence issued by the Council of Europe's Court of Human Rights in March which calls on the state to pay some 600,000 euros in damages for failing to protect dozens of migrant strawberry pickers who were shot at by their foreman in Manolada in the Peloponnese in 2013.

A group of strawberry pickers from Bangladesh have won a case against Greece at Europe's highest human rights court, after being shot at by employers for demanding unpaid wages.

46 migrants have been detained in an attempt to enter the country from Turkey in the period March 9 - 16, 2017, showed data of the Interior Ministry, reported BGNES.

The data shows a minimal increase in the migrant pressure from Turkey last week. By comparison, the week before, the number of migrants detained at entry was 34 and the week before that - 21.

Indonesia?s proposed ban on sending domestic workers to the Middle East will force women seeking an escape from poverty to migrate illegally, and put them at greater risk of human trafficking, a rights campaigner said on June 17. 

Only a fourth of the world?s workforce has stable contracts, leading to growing job insecurity, a U.N. report said on May 19.

The International Labor Organization report revealed a clear shift away from reliable full-time jobs, as short-term contracts and irregular hours become more widespread.