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.
Decent Working Time. New trends, new issues - Buy now 31 May 2006 - Based on the results of the Ninth International Symposium on Working Time (Paris, 26-28 February 2004). Provides an exploration of current developments in working time in the industrialized world; how those developments vary in different countries and under different sets of socio-economic circumstances; and the public and enterprise policies that are best suited to addressing these developments.
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Forced labour and human trafficking. Casebook of court decisions - Buy now 22 June 2009 - The present casebook fills an important gap. It covers a range of national experience, from judicial decisions on forced and bonded labour in a number of developing countries, through to the more recent decisions on forced labour and trafficking in industrialized countries. ...
Fundamental principles of occupational health and safety. Second edition - Buy now 01 September 2008 - Fully revised and updated, this second edition introduces new ILO instruments promoting occupational safety and health (OSH) and new chemical safety information tools, and addresses OSH in the context of globalization and HIV/AIDS and the world of work. ...
Key indicators of the labour market (Fifth edition) with interactive CD-ROM (Trilingual English/French/Spanish) - Buy now 04 February 2008 - KILM provides a valuable, wide-ranging reference tool to meet the ever-increasing demand for timely, accurate and accessible information on the rapidly changing world of work. It includes all the basic statistics used to calculate 20 key labour market indicators allowing researchers to compare and contrast between economies and within regions across time. ...
Private employment agencies, temporary agency workers and their contribution to the labour market. WPEAC/2009 - Buy now 02 October 2009 - Private employment agencies play an important role in the functioning of contemporary labour markets. They act as intermediaries in modern labour markets, allowing enterprises greater flexibility to increase or decrease their workforces, while ensuring for the workers sufficient security in terms of job opportunities and employment standards, including pay, working time and training.
Safe maternity and the world of work - Buy now 11 February 2008 - This publication sets out three priority areas within the ILO mandate that stand to contribute substantially to efforts aimed at improving maternal health.
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Tackling the global jobs crisis. Recovery through decent work policies - Buy now 15 May 2009 - This report proposes the initial elements of a Global Jobs Pact based on the policy orientations provided by the Governing Body in November 2008 and March 2009 and by recent regional and
sectoral tripartite ILO meetings on responses to the crisis. ...
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Value chain development for decent work - Buy now 21 August 2009 - The current global economic crisis has rendered governments, employers and workers concerned about the effects on people, enterprises and employment. Prepared in the context of the Paris Declaration for AID Effectiveness, this guide systematically addresses all relevant aspects that value chain facilitators need to take into account.
World of Work Report 2008 - Income inequalities in the age of financial globalization
- Buy now 17 November 2008 - Income inequalities have been growing significantly within countries over the past two decades or so. This new report from the International Institute for Labour Studies presents a timely assessment of this issue, based on new data and economic analysis and with full technical annexes. It looks at the extent of this phenomenon and ...
Working for better times. Rethinking work for the 21st century - Buy now 08 May 2007 - This volume offers unique insights into current thinking and policy options on these crucial issues. It consists of a selection of articles from the ILO's flagship journal, the International Labour Review, including contributions by such distinguished scholars as Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Robert Reich, Sir Bob Hepple, and Alain Supiot. Includes an introduction by Jean Michel Servais.