Books: employment

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• 2008 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean - Buy now
  01 July 2009 - This edition provides evidence of the effects of an unprecedented international crisis that has cast a shadow over the global economy and is reflected in the employment situation in the region. Employment will be a challenge in 2009. As ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia stated, "The ILO's message is realistic, not alarmist" with respect to this situation.
• 2007 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean - Buy now
  14 May 2008 - This report demonstrates that Latin America and the Caribbean have made progress in improving some key labour market indicators, especially in reducing unemployment, but significant gaps persist that affect the most vulnerable populations, the rate of informality remains high and not all workers have social protection...

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• A guide to worker displacement: Some tools for reducing the impact on workers, communities and enterprises (update 2009) - Buy now
  19 June 2009 - The guide is primarily for use in industrialized and transition countries, and is aimed at policy makers, employers and workers in developing appropriate responses that promote worker retention and employment during the recession.
• Asian decent work decade resource kit (incl. cd-rom) - Buy now
  03 February 2009 - The Resource Kit brings together the ILO's expertise, knowledge and tools as they relate to Decent Work and the goals of the Asian Decent Work Decade (2006-2015)
• Achieving equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities through legislation. Guidelines - Buy now
  13 December 2007 - These guidelines reflect the reappraisal of disability as a human rights issue. Intended for policy-makers and drafters of legislation, they have been developed with a view to assisting in improving the effectiveness of national laws concerning training and employment of disabled persons, as part of an ILO Project "The Employment of People with Disabilities: The impact of Legislation". ...

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• Building rural roads - Buy now
  09 July 2009 - The purpose of this manual is to provide technical staff ranging from site supervisors to engineers with a technical reference which details commonly used work methods and best practices for constructing rural roads. ...
• Beyond the scoreboard. Youth employment opportunities and skills development in the sports sector. - Buy now
  15 August 2006 -

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• Child labour statistics. Report III. 18th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS/18/2008). Geneva, 24 November-5 December 2008 - Buy now
  03 February 2009 - This report aims at setting standards of good practice on the collection, compilation and analysis of national child labour statistics, guiding countries to update their existing statistical system in this field or to establish a new one where necessary.
• Consolidated good practices in education and child labour - Buy now
  15 January 2008 - This book presents some of the most important good practices identified by ILO-IPEC from thousands of projects and programmes around the world. ...
• Corrosive reform: Failing health systems in Eastern Europe - Buy now
  28 October 2003 - Analyses the growing insecurity of health sector workers during the transition period.
• Crisis response. Rapid needs assessment manual - Buy now
  08 April 2002 - Provides checklists and advice on setting up, conducting and reporting on a rapid needs assessment in a crisis situation. Outlines the ILO's approach to crisis response and sets out the objectives of the assessment mission and the key questions to be asked during information gathering and impact evaluation. Describes a methodology for assessment reporting and follow-up.
• Comparable worth and gender discrimination: An international perspective - Buy now
  28 June 1994 - Discusses the application of comparable worth labour legislation and judicial decisions using examples from Australia, Canada and the United States.
• Circumventing labour protection. Non-standard employment in Argentina and Peru (RS 88) - Buy now
  15 January 1993 - Changes in the global economic and political environment are forcing workers away from the existing employment norms. This volume attempts to throw some light on the flexibilisation of employment contracts in Argentina and Peru by exploring the circumventing of labour protection and its various dimensions.

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• Delivering decent work in Europe and Central Asia. Report of the Director-General, Volume I, Part 1. Eighth ILO European Regional Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, 9-13 February 2009 - Buy now
  26 January 2009 - The Eighth European Regional Meeting can be instrumental in elaborating a strong message charting a balanced approach to sustainable growth and development based on decent work for all. Also available in French, Spanish, German and Russian.
• Decent work in Denmark. Employment, social efficiency and economic security - Buy now
  11 February 2003 - Examines to what extent and by what means and mechanisms labour standards and relatively equal income distribution, facilitated by high employment rates and social protection, have contributed to sustaining a high rate of economic growth.
• Decent work for all. Targeting full employment in Thailand - Buy now
  06 February 2002 -

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• Eliminating discrimination against indigenous and tribal peoples in employment and occupation. A guide to ILO Convention No. 111 - Buy now
  01 February 2008 - This guide, which is part of a broader effort by the ILO to support the development and implementation of national laws and policies guided by international labour and human standards, is intended to serve indigenous peoples and their representatives as a source of information and a tool for engaging with policy and decision makers. ...
• Eliminating child labour. Guides for the employers - Buy now
  23 January 2008 - This package, which consists of three practical guides, is designed to help businesses and their organizations understand and take action against child labour. They provide ideas, advice and examples for the prevention of child labour, the withdrawal of child from work and the protection of young workers from hazardous conditions. ...
• Employment and labour in south Asia - Buy now
  04 November 1999 - Covers trends from 1990 and includes projections to 2012.
• Economic evaluations of unpaid household work: Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania (WWD 14) - Buy now
  09 June 1987 - Discusses input-based and output-based methodological approaches to economic evaluation of unpaid work. Critically reviews 40 such evaluations.