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December 2002 

• World of Work Magazine No. 45, December 2002 - [pdf 2264 KB]
  Global labour agreements: A framework for rights Global labour agreements: A framework for rights

November 2002 

• Note on the proceedings. Postal and telecommunications services. Report TMPTS/2002/12 - Buy now
  Referring to the detailed report discussed at the meeting, summarizes major conclusions. Presents the draft and final resolution adopted
• Combating child labour. A handbook for labour inspectors - Buy now
  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.
• Note on the proceedings. Report TMOR/2002/11 - Buy now
  Referring to the detailed report discussed at the meeting, presents major conclusions regarding industrial relations, mergers and acquisitions, security of employment under changing corporate structures, etc. Includes the Resolution concerning future ILO work programme for the oil and gas sector.
• Yearbook of labour statistics (61st edition), 2002 (Hard cover) - Buy now
• Public Emergency Services: Social dialogue in a changing environment - Buy now
  Explores employment trends and issues in the fire, police and emergency medical services. Examines conditions of employment, occupational safety and health issues, human resources planning and training and the state of social dialogue and rights at work. Covers trends mainly during the 1990s and 2000.
• Statistics on occupational wages and hours of work and food prices. October inquiry results 2000 and 2001. Special supplement to the Bulletin of labour statistics. 2002 - Buy now
• Micro-finance in industrialized countries. Helping the unemployed to start a business. - Buy now
• Gender Equality: A guide to collective bargaining - Buy now
  Provides material which can be used by women in collective bargaining to overcome sex discrimination and to obtain equal opportunities in the workplace.
• Combating child labour and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa - Buy now
  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. ...
• Management consulting. A guide to the profession. 4th edition - Buy now
  This ILO guide is a widely recognized reference work on the state of the art of management consulting. It offers an extensive introduction to consulting: its nature, professional standards, intervention methods, behavioural rules, current developments and future perspectives.
• ILO Information Leaflet - [pdf 184 KB]

October 2002 

• The Committee on Freedom of Association. Its impact over 50 years - Buy now
  Based on a selection of examples from the past 25 years, examines the manner in which the Committee on Freedom of Association of the Governing Body of the ILO carries out its supervisory role.
• A statistical profile of the teaching profession - Buy now
  Compiles world data on the composition of the teaching force by age and gender, working and teaching time, class size, salaries, etc., for the period 1990-1999.
• Globalization and decent work in the Americas. Report of the Director-General - Buy now
  Presents the challenges facing the ILO and its constituents in promoting decent work for women and men.

September 2002 

• Social dialogue in the health services. Institutions, capacity and effectiveness. Report JMHS/2002 - Buy now
  Describes approaches to social dialogue and the institutions required for its development, including ILO's role. Includes brief case studies from several countries.
• Corporate success through people. Making International Labour Standards work for you - Buy now
  Discusses the interrelationship between best management practices and international labour standards by presenting numerous case studies from both large and small companies from different regions and industries.
• World of Work Magazine No. 44, September/October 2002 - [pdf 3051 KB]
  Freedom, Security and Voice at Work: 50 years of action by the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association

August 2002 

• The evolution of employment, working time and training in the mining industry. Report TMMI/2002 - Buy now
  Examines trends from 1985-2001.
• The future of work, employment and social protection. The search for new securities in a world of growing uncertainties - Buy now
  Considers the economic, social and technological changes taking place in industrialized economies and analyzes the impact of these changes on the world of work.