Essays about: "South African labour law"

Found 5 essays containing the words South African labour law.

1. 1. Enforcement of laws regulating domestic work - a case study of South Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Ellen Sjöberg; [2011]
   Keywords : international labour law; public international law; international human rights law; South Africa; South African labour law; domestic workers; Domestic Workers Convention; International Labour Organisation; labour inspection; labour dispute resolution; Commission for Conciliation; Mediation and Arbitration; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : I juni 2011 antog ILO konventionen om goda villkor för hushållsarbetare. Konventionen fastställer anställningsvillkor och arbetsrättigheter för hushållsarbetare. Hushållsarbete sker, till skillnad från andra former av arbete, i privata hem utan insyn från det offentliga och är ofta ett ensamarbete. READ MORE

3. 2. China in the eyes of Africa - a textual analysis of the Nigerian and South African blogosphere regarding China's activity on the African continent

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Matilda Axelsson; [2009]
   Keywords : blogosphere; China in Africa ; South Africa; Nigeria; textual analysis of ideas ; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : An analytical reading of the Nigerian and South African online debate regarding China’s engagement in Africa is here presented, with the purpose to contribute with knowledge from an African perspective. This thesis is a qualitative textual analysis of ideas where I have classified arguments from blogs and articles into different categories, compiled by Chris Alden, to view China in Africa as a devel-oping partner (positive approach), a competitor (skeptical approach) or a colonizer (negative approach). READ MORE

4. 3. Eliminating Child Labour: A Case Study of South Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Linda Lindblad; [2009]
   Keywords : Arbetsrätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Child labour is born out of poverty, and it leads to more poverty. Those that work from a young age often have no possibility of going to school, and can only perform manual work as adults, which often pays little. Many children face considerable risks in their place of employment. READ MORE

5. 4. Poverty and Legal Empowerment - A Minor Field Study of South African Farm Workers and Dwellers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Tina Kolhammar; [2009]
   Keywords : empowerment; emancipation; poverty; farm workers; South Africa; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Reducing and eradicating poverty is one of humanities pressing challenges, one that the UN Commission of Legal Empowerment of the Poor has taken on. This thesis describes the prevailing poverty of South African farm workers and dwellers and explores why the empowerment efforts that have been made have not lifted them out of poverty. READ MORE

6. 5. The right to health and right to intellectual property in the EU. Analysis of the internal and external policies.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Beata Faracik; [2002]
   Keywords : Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : It is very common nowadays to speak of an ''information society'' in which control of information or information based knowledge has replaced control over matter as an ultimate source of economic power. The intellectual creations protected through patents, trade marks, copyrights etc constitute often a huge part of the companies' intangible assets. READ MORE