An estimated 11% of workers, between 100 and 300 million, are homeworkers.90% are women, so protecting homeworkers is one of the most gender-positive actions a brand can take, Homeworkers Worldwide has today published guidance to brands on how to do that. Lucy Brill reports

Advice on purchasing PPE during Covid-19 from ETI member Arco, the largest supplier of PPE in the UK

ETI and FairWear have jointly published a discussion sheet and checklist for their members on how to implement occupational health and safety measures to protect workers during Covid-19

ETI writes to the UN General Secretary, and joins IMO, ILO and ITF call for protections for seafarers amid concerns of a "growing humanitarian and economic crisis" in maritime industry

Guest blog: Sabita Banerji, CEO of THIRST, on ensuring the tea industry emerges from Covid-19 fairer, more resilient, and fit for the 21st Century.

SEDEX has surveyed its members on the impact of Covid-19, and how they are supporting both their workforce and their suppliers during the pandemic

Guest Blog: NoSweat's Jay Kerr on how one worker-led factory, set up in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh, is being supported to survive the global coronavirus pandemic

VIDEO: Banana Link's Paul Lievens gives an assessment of how the pandemic is impacting workers on plantations in Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica & Peru

Home-based workers are the backbone of the global garment industry, but are among the most vulnerable and worst affected by Covid-19. HomeNet South Asia, which represents 900,000 home-based workers across South Asia, outlines a number of demands for global and domestic retail garment companies

Companies have been “too silent for too long” on the abuse of migrant workers in Mediterranean food supply chains, says Nick Kightley

The decision by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to detain tuna imports linked to slave labour is “a wake up call” to companies about the importance of carrying out human rights due diligence

How the lockdown has affected employees in the 24 countries the programme sources ingredients and accessories from.