Project Tag: “Trade”

Strengthening Labor Law Enforcement

01/01/2019 - 12/31/2026

This project enhances governments’ capacity to create, implement, and monitor the application of labor laws by working with ministries of labor, labor judges, and other judicial labor authorities. It seeks to use data collected from labor inspections to identify gaps that facilitate violations and to support legal reforms to address them. The project also uses data analytics to identify and combat labor inspection corruption, waste and inefficiency, and identifies regional inspection units in need of training and capacity building.

Improving Labor Law Enforcement in Guatemala

10/01/2018 - 06/30/2024

Promoting acceptable working conditions in trade partner countries helps the U.S. create a fair playing field for its own workforce and for U.S. companies that play by the rules. This project seeks to ensure that workers in the agricultural export sector in Guatemala, with whom the U.S. has a free trade agreement, receive at least the minimum wage, work within legal hours of work limits, receive due compensation for overtime, and operate in a safe working environment.

Engaging Workers and Civil Society to Strengthen Labor Law Enforcement

09/01/2018 - 09/30/2023

Workers and civil society organizations help to supplement and support government labor law enforcement efforts by proactively identifying potential labor violations and filing justiciable complaints with the appropriate authorities.  This project works in U.S. trade partner countries to improve labor law enforcement, as well as compliance with labor-related U.S. trade provisions, by improving the involvement of workers and civil society organizations in this process.

Implementing a Culture of Labor Compliance in Costa Rica's Agricultural Export Sector

12/01/2017 - 12/31/2025

This project will improve enforcement of minimum wage, hours of work and occupational safety and health laws in the agricultural export sector in Costa Rica. By strengthening legal and administrative mechanisms of enforcement while engaging employers and workers to improve compliance in the workplace, the project will help promote supply chains free of exploitative labor and a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world.

Leveraging Data to Build an Efficient Labor Market in Central America

10/01/2017 - 09/30/2022

All economies, whether in the United States or in Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras), need timely, accurate information to fuel efficiencies in their labor markets. These efficiencies, in turn, help ensure social stability and contribute to economic growth – both within countries and beyond. This project will seek to strengthen labor market information systems in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to create useful labor market intelligence -- helping workers to find jobs, employers to fill the skills gap and economies to grow.

Worker Rights Centers for the Greater Protection of Labor Rights in Colombia

12/26/2016 - 09/30/2023

This project supports the government of Colombia in meeting its commitments to the U.S. under the Action Plan associated with the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.

Support for Labor Law and Industrial Relations Reform in Malaysia

10/01/2016 - 12/31/2026

Improving Labor Laws and Labor Administration within the New Industrial Relations Framework (NIRF)

10/01/2016 - 04/30/2026

Building Union Capacity to Reduce Precarious Employment in Peru

12/31/2015 - 11/20/2017

Improving Labor Law Compliance in the Kingdom of Lesotho

12/31/2015 - 12/31/2017