Working papers
2012
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Tackling the youth employment crisis: A macroeconomic perspective
04 June 2012
Employment Working Paper No. 124
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Preliminary assessment of training and retraining programmes implemented in response to the Great Recession
21 May 2012
Employment Working Paper No. 122
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Regional Trade Agreements and domestic labour market regulation
11 May 2012
Examines empirically whether regional trade liberalisation is associated with deterioration ("race to the bottom") of domestic labour standards beyond those reflected in the 1998 ILO Declaration on the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.
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Labour Reform in Italy and its implications for Labour Administration
09 May 2012
This paper is intended to present the highlights of the recent labour market reform in Italy, as proposed by the Monti Government in April 2012. The reform deals with the entire spectrum of topical issues concerning the modernization of the labour market in the country with a view to aligning the system to other European countries.
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Strategies for unions to provide benefits and financial services to workers: Experiences in the United States
08 May 2012
Employment Working Paper No. 121
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Working Paper No. 36: "Non-standard workers: Good practices of social dialogue and collective bargaining"
26 April 2012
This paper examines the factors which have resulted in a limited capacity to exercise collective bargaining in addressing the needs and interests of nonstandard workers.
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Globalization, trade unions and labour standards in the North
26 April 2012
Employment Working Paper No. 119
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International Labour Standards and Guiding Principles on Labour Administration and Labour Inspection
25 April 2012
This Working Document presents selected International Labour Conventions and Recommendations as well as guiding principles concerning Labour Administration and Labour Inspection. The relevant resolutions and conclusions of various ILO regional conferences and meetings have also been included.