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Document ID (ISN)105782
CIS number 06-1310
ISBN(s) 978-972-32-1429-1
Year 2006
Convention or series no.
Author(s) von Richthofen W.
Title Labour inspection - A guide to the profession
Original title Inspecção do trabalho - Um guia da profissão [in Portuguese]
Bibliographic information Inspecção-Geral do Trabalho, Praça de Alvalade 1, 1449-073 Lisboa, Portugal. 2006. 471p. 182 ref.
Abstract Portuguese translation of the manual indexed under CIS 02-1626. This manual on labour inspection is aimed at labour inspectors, labour inspection services, employers' and workers' organizations and their representatives in enterprises. It discusses current approaches to labour inspection, and identifies and analyses some of the best practices in labour inspection systems in ILO member states. Contents: background, evolution and context; inspections systems policy; inspection systems organization and management; sectoral aspects of labour inspection (child labour, small enterprises, agriculture, non-commercial services sector, construction, major hazards prevention, psychosocial hazards). An appendix includes the major international standards on labour inspection.
Descriptors (primary) ILO; role of labour inspection; labour inspection
Descriptors (secondary) small enterprises; psychology and sociology; manuals; stress factors; translation; child labour; services; international agreements; agriculture
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceILO
Subject(s) Generalities
Broad subject area(s) General safety, health and conditions of work
Browse category(ies) Child labour
Labour inspection