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Information from country-level research and first-hand expertise of our global network (academicians, NGOs, labor and human rights experts) have contributed to a series of reports, including:

Verité's Country Labor Standards Compliance Assessments comprehensively describe the legal, institutional and implementation status of labor protections in key producing countries around the globe. Currently available: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and Venezuela.

Verité's series of Labor Law Digests offer detailed reference information 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 & Personnel Policies
• Wages & Benefits
• Hours of Work
• Foreign Contract Labor
• Health & Safety

Digests are currently available for: Bangladesh, Brunei, Bulgaria, China, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Macau, Mauritius, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam.

Verité Issue Reports look in-depth at key aspects of labor practices of interest to investors, manufacturers, researchers and NGOs. Issue Reports are available on:

• Excessive Overtime in Chinese Supplier Factories: Causes, Impacts, and Recommendations for Action
  Workers in China consistently suffer from abuses of both Chinese law and the internal codes of corporate brands who source there. The report is the first that presents the perspectives of Chinese workers themselves on the physical and social impacts of the long hours that they work producing goods for the global economy. It also includes findings from Verité’s workshops in which global brands and government authorities came together to discuss the problem of excessive overtime. Verité’s goal in releasing the report is to provide a more accurate picture of the problems faced by Chinese factory workers, and to contribute solutions.
  
• Protecting Overseas Workers: Strategic Perspectives on Labor Rights Among Foreign Contract Workers in Southeast Asia and the Middle East (December, 2005)
• Social Compliance in Information Technology: Identifying Problems and Forging Solutions in India (December, 2005)
• An Analysis of Chinese Labor Law vis-à-vis Core Code of Conduct Issues
• Country-Level Labor Standards Compliance: A Reference for 27 Countries
• Verité Quick Reference: Use of Trichloroethylene in Garment Manufacturing

Please contact Erin Klett, Research Program Manager, at +1-413-253-9227 or eklett@verite.org. for more information on Verité research products and services.