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STR’s Labor and Employment Standards Library (LESLi) is the Internet’s most relevant one-stop resource to help academics, sourcing, legal, and investment professionals gain easy access to continually updated information on labor, wage, and health & safety laws applicable to social compliance assessments. The Labor and Employment Standards Library (LESLi) contains a searchable collection of relevant legal text excerpts for over 140 countries, translated into English from their foreign-language originals.

In addition, we offer unique analysis tools to help make country-to-country comparisons of legal requirements, as well as advanced site functionality that allows searches by specific law criteria. Subscribers will also gain access to over 10 years worth of news articles on responsible sourcing and labor issues. STR’s Labor and Employment Standards Library is an essential tool for anyone who needs instant access to information and laws related to international labor and worker welfare.
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Laws By Country
This subscription provides users with comprehensive access to the searchable and exportable country labor law profile for your selected countries. more...
Laws By Category
This option gives subscribers access to laws for all countries related to a specific area of law such as hiring and termination or health & safety. more...
Analytical Tools
This subscription option gives subscribers access to all three of our analytical tools for convenient, at-a-glance comparisons of legal requirements. more...
International Standards Profile
STR introduces a unique profile of industry best practices: a comprehensive compilation of standards from several globally recognized bodies that addresses a gap in the industry – there is no recognized set of universal social compliance standards and laws can vary widely from country to country. more...
LESLi All-Access Subscription
The subscription provides access to 140 country law profiles, which contain English translations of 17 fundamental aspects of labor regulation, many spanning national, regional and municipal levels of legislation. more...
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Industry News Updates
Pakistan building collapses, trapping many in Lahore
BBC News , 2/6/2012
A factory building has collapsed in the Pakistani city of Lahore with many people, including women and children, feared trapped, officials say. Officials said the blast at the three-storey building could have been caused by a gas explosion. One offic ...
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Thailand aims to stop worst child labour
Bangkok Post , 2/5/2012
The Labour Ministry plans to declare a list of jobs considered too dangerous for children in the hope that the US will remove Thailand from a watch list. The move aims mainly to eliminate the worst forms of child labour, said Labour Minister Padermch ...
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Recent Library Additions
Country: India
Category: Legal Records - Business Licenses/Registration
Title Meghalaya Factories Rules (1980), Rule 8(2)
Date Added: 2/6/2012

Country: India
Category: Legal Records - Business Licenses/Registration
Title Gujarat Factories Rules (1963), Rule 8-A
Date Added: 2/6/2012

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