Books and reports

December 2012

1. 

   Global Wage Report 2012/13: Wages and Equitable Growth

   07 December 2012

   The Global Wage Report 2012/13 looks at differences in wages around the globe and how they have been influenced by the economic crisis. It includes global and regional wage trends and statistics, as well as policy recommendations.

February 2010

1. 

   The minimum wage revisited in the enlarged EU

   22 February 2010

   This book assesses the renewed interest in the minimum wage in Europe, looking at the main explanatory factors alongside EU enlargement and the advent of globalization. Through 15 country studies and thematic case studies, it explores the national issues surrounding the minimum wage and identifies concrete effects of minimum wage fixing on employment, low pay, wage disparity, collective bargaining and migration. The volume concludes with policy options and raises the possibility of a minimum wage - or at least some common rules - at EU level.

August 2009

1. 

   Forced labor: Coercion and exploitation in the private economy

   26 August 2009

   PRAISE FOR FORCED LABOR "Excellent. . . . This state-of-the-art volume provides a first-rate analysis of the dynamics leading to the occurrence of forced labour, its global distribution,and different types of policy responses." -Jens Lerche, SOAS, University of London. Two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, at least 12.3 million people are subjected to modern forms of forced labor - in rich countries, as well as poor ones. The authors of Forced Labor present state-of-the-art research on the manifestations of these slavery-like practices, why they continue to survive, and how they can be eliminated.

November 2008

1. 

   Global Wage Report 2008/09 Towards policy coherence: Minimum wages and collective bargaining

   20 November 2008

   The first in a new series of ILO reports focusing on wage developments, this volume reviews major trends in the level and distribution of wages around the world since 1995. It considers the effects of economic growth and globalization on wage trends, looking closely at the role of minimum wages and collective bargaining, and suggests ways to improve wage levels and to enable more equal distribution.

October 2008

1. 

   Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific

   08 October 2008

   This unique study reviews employment conditions in Asia and the Pacific in the context of globalization and the increasing pressures towards flexibilization. It places a strong focus on the divergent experiences of individual workers regarding their employment conditions...

January 2007

1. 

   Flexicurity: A relevant approach in Central and Eastern Europe

   25 January 2007

   This book argues, with case studies contributed by outstanding national experts, that the flexicurity approach is the most relevant for Central and Eastern European countries and suggests appropriate reforms of economic policy, institutional framework of the labour market, labour market policy and education and social policies in this region.

November 2000

1. Updating the ILO’s minimum basic wage of able seamen. Report JMC/29/2001/2

   14 November 2000

   Report for discussion at the 29th Session of the Joint Maritime Commission, JMC/29/2001/2. This report revises the ILO minimum basic wage for seafarers based on changes in consumer prices and exchange rates between January 1997 and January 2000.

July 1995

1. Pay determination in the public sector: An international comparison between France, Great Britain and Italy (Occasional paper 6)

   20 July 1995

   Occasional Papers - Labour Law and Labour Relations Programme, No. 6