Books: workers

A 

• Action against child labour. IPEC highlights 2008 - Buy now
  08 July 2009 - This report is the mid-term implementation report of the International Labour Organization’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour for the biennium 2008-09.
• 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". ...
• Annotated bibliography on child labour - Buy now
  02 September 2003 - Covers various aspects of child labour research published in six languages (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian). Focuses on materials published from 1995 to 2002.
• A future without child labour. Global report under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Report of the Director-General, 2002 - [pdf 5686 KB] - Buy now
  06 May 2002 - Folder containing flyers, fact sheets, the report "A future without child labour", and resource lists of contact persons by region.
• Action against child labour - Buy now
  28 February 2000 - Based primarily on ILO experience, particularly its International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), addresses the strategies, instruments, methodologies and information necessary to plan and carry out effective action to eliminate child labour.

B 

• Breaking through the glass ceiling. Women in management (Updated version in 2004 included) - Buy now
  29 May 2001 - This important study provides a vivid portrayal of national and international efforts to improve equal opportunities and promote gender equality in management. By exploring such issues as discrimination, equal remuneration and gender mainstreaming, it presents a concise overview of the glass ceiling and its effects on women around the world.

C 

• 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.
• Compendium of Maritime Labour Instruments - Buy now
  09 September 2008 - Maritime Labour Convention, 2006; Seafarers' Identity Documents (Revised) Convention, 2003; Work in Fishing Convention and Recommendation, 2007. This essential new reference source presents the full text of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, along with a collection of related standards, including the Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. ...
• Child labour survey data processing and storage of electronic files. A practical guide. Statistical information and monitoring programme on child labour (SIMPOC) - Buy now
  15 March 2004 - Describes the requirements and procedures for transferring electronic files to the ILO at the completion of child labour surveys.
• Combating child labour. A handbook for labour inspectors - Buy now
  29 November 2002 - Describes the scope and nature of child labour and outlines ILO Conventions on child labour and labour inspection. Examines current challenges to effective child labour inspection, and describes new approaches to taking follow-up action. Discusses training issues.
• Combating child labour and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa - Buy now
  07 November 2002 - This book reviews the national HIV/AIDS and child labour policies and programmes, NGO projects, and community-based initiatives in three African countries - illuminating the harsh realities of the link between child labour and HIV/AIDS and identifying the broad range of responses, large and small, to these intersecting issues. ...
• Child labour. Targeting the intolerable. Report 86 VI (1) - Buy now
  25 June 1998 - International Labour Conference, 86th Session, 1998. Report VI, Part 1. Drawing on the experience of the ILO, including its International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour, this report surveys international and national law and practice and points the way towards effective action through new international standards. ...
• Children and hazardous works in the Philippines - Buy now
  11 February 1993 - Documenting the change in emphasis from intervention through legislation to direct action at the local level, this book draws particular attention to efforts to eliminate child prostitution and Muro-ami deep sea fishing.
• Child labour: Law practice (Conditions of work digest 1/91) - Buy now
  19 September 1991 - Includes texts of the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the ILO's Minimum Age Convention No. 138, Recommendation No. 146, 1973, and excerpts from other conventions and declarations.
• Canteens and food services in industry: A manual - Buy now
  28 June 1988 -

E 

• Entrepreneurship development for women. A manual for trainers - Buy now
  01 December 1996 -

F 

• Food at work: Workplace solutions for malnutrition, obesity and chronic diseases - Buy now
  10 June 2005 - Discusses the importance of rest and nutrition and their potential contribution to workplace initiatives to improve health, safety and productivity. Presents a multitude of "food solutions" applicable to a variety of workplaces around the globe and shows that providing nutritious foods to workers is not only economically viable but a profitable business practice.

G 

• Gender Equality: A guide to collective bargaining - Buy now
  13 November 2002 - Provides material which can be used by women in collective bargaining to overcome sex discrimination and to obtain equal opportunities in the workplace.
• Gender equality and occupational segregation in nordic labour markets - Buy now
  13 November 1998 - Analyses women's position and status in three Nordic labour markets as it is manifested in labour market inequalities and in particular occupational segregation by sex over the period from 1970 to 1990. ...