The government provides arrival briefings for foreign workers and runs a telephone hotline for worker complaints.

The existing union, the Confederation of Mexican Workers, has strong links to the Government and reportedly ignored worker complaints.

For some companies, like Levi Strauss, worker complaints were enough to prompt it to leave Indonesia two years ago.

MOLSA also partnered with IOM to establish a database to track employment agencies authorized to send workers abroad, as well as worker complaints.

Almost 90% of them sprang from worker complaints, and five skilled trades accounted for 45%.

In a report to be issued today, the groups say that instead of responding mainly to individual worker complaints, the department should initiate broad investigations of industries with a history of violations.

WRBs review worker complaints and often conduct public hearings.

Employers covered by the rules would be required to adopt "ergonomic programs" to identify hazards and respond to worker complaints.

Albertson's is unusual in the number of lawsuits it is facing, but many companies are confronting worker complaints about the amount of time expected from them.

Inspections can also result in response to workplace incidents, worker complaints or referrals by other individuals.