Legal Empowerment

Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000

This Act (among other things)provides for the core principles, mechanisms and processes that are necessary to enable municipalities to move...

StreetNet Report on Collective Bargaining in the Informal Economy, laws and litigation strategies in the Street Vending Sector, 2007.

This document is a report on the StreetNet International meeting on collective bargaining, laws and litigation strategies held in Senegal...

Street Vending Regulations in New York City- an-Overview

This pamphlet provides an overview of Street Vending Regulations in New York City.

Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997

The purpose of this Act is to give effect to and regulate the right to fair labour practices by establishing and enforcing basic conditions...

C138 Minimum Age Convention, 1973

Part of the ILO’s eight core Conventions, this Convention requires states to set a minimum age for employment and provides for the...

Law and the Informal Economy Newsletter, March 2018 issue

Law is essential to improving livelihoods and lives. Legal frameworks, however, are designed for the formal economy. Too often, laws fail...

Court Case: Gainda Ram & Ors v Municipal Corp. of Delhi (India)

Supreme Court of India case concerning the National Policy on Urban Street Vendors

Government Resource: Hong Kong Hawker Control

Overview of laws and policies governing hawkers in Hong Kong, China

Case Study: Mrs Chaweewan Boonmee (Sewing Work)

WIEGO’s Law and Informality Work

Document in English, French, and Spanish.