[Hamp-law] Labor Law Research Internship, Amherst, MA

[Carin Rank]

Volunteer Labor Law and Research Intern Summer 2012

Description:
Start date: June 4, 2012
End date: August 10, 2012
Last day to apply: May 31, 2012
**Fall positions also available, see attached

About Verité
Verité is an Amherst-based nonprofit and award-winning pioneer in the
social auditing, training, research and consulting field. The
organization has over a decade of experience working with Fortune 500
corporations and their local suppliers through our global network of NGO
partners. Verité works in over 60 countries to empower companies,
factories, NGOs, governments, and workers to create sustainable
workplace practices in the factories and communities where our consumer
goods are made. Verité was named winner of the 2007 Skoll Award for
Social Entrepreneurship. For more information on Verité please visit
http://www.verite.org.

The intern is likely to work on one or more of the following projects.
However, other projects may also be available.

Project One: To review updates in a wide variety of international labor
standards publications for the Emerging Markets Research Project; a
multi-year initiative to research relevant information on labor
standards compliance in 25 emerging market countries around the world.

Types of publications to be reviewed:
• U.S. State Department Human Rights Reports ; U.S. Department of Labor
“Foreign Labor Trends” Country Reports ; “Worst Forms of Child Labor”;
“Advancing the Campaign Against Child Labor: The Resource Allocations of
National Governments and International Financial Institutions”; 2010
Human Rights Watch World Reports; 2010 Amnesty International reports,
International Trade Union Confederation Annual Report, etc.

Research Tasks
• Update existing country reports (from 2010) based on any new
information in the most recent versions of the above publications. Tasks
include review of publications, insertion of new information, updating
bibliographies, formatting; provide brief analysis of countries’
performance based on the updated information–are labor rights conditions
getting better or worse?

Project Two: To assist in the development and research of Verité’s
International Labor Law
Digest Series. Verité’s Labor Law Digests are detailed references for
key aspects of country labor law related to standard corporate codes of
conduct including:
• Child Labor
• Special Provisions for Women Workers
• Freedom of Association&  Collective Bargaining
• Employment Practices and Personnel Policies
• Wages
• Benefits
• Hours of Work
• Contract Labor
• Health and Safety

The primary target audience for these Digests is compliance officers of
retail and sourcing companies in the garment industry, although the
Digests can be a reference for anyone interested in information on
worker protections in global supply chain production.

Start/End dates and times of the internship are negotiable.

This position is unpaid. Please check if your school provides either
funding or credits for internship work as we are more than willing to
assist you with this paper work.
How to Apply:
Please provide cover letter, resume and academic writing sample of 3
pages or more to verite at verite.org. Please make sure that the word
internship is contained in the subject line.


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