Labour standards and socially inclusive globalisation
The first aspect of the research
- reviews national implementation of International Labour Standards (ILS),
- identifies how ILS benefit workers in informal economies,
- examines anti-crisis measures that have linked financial aid and assistance with labour standards, and
- explores the potential impacts of ILS through trade agreements.
The second aspect of the research relates to
- the challenges and opportunities in the areas of public and private governance, including ways of establishing and strengthening social dialogue actors and institutions, in order to address effectively crises and transitions generated in the context of globalization; and
- the relevance of social dialogue and labour law in paving the way towards appropriate socio-economic regulation in times of crisis and beyond. A particular focus is on the impacts of policy reforms on European industrial relations following the public debt crisis and austerity plans, and on the impact of the “Arab Spring” on social dialogue actors and institutions in the Middle East and North African region, as well as the relevance of sound industrial and labour-management relations in addressing these two crises.
Featured publications
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Publication
ILO Global Estimate of Forced Labour 2012: Results and Methodology
The purpose of the present document is to describe in detail the revised methodology used to generate the 2012 ILO global estimate of forced labour, covering the period from 2002 to 2011, and the main results obtained.
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Working paper
Working Paper No. 36: "Non-standard workers: Good practices of social dialogue and collective bargaining"
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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Working paper
The political economy of pension reforms in times of global crisis: State unilateralism or social dialogue?
This paper examines the political economy of pension reforms in times of economic crisis and its impact on social dialogue and tripartite institutions in ten countries.
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Working paper
Rights at work in times of crisis: Trends at the country level in terms of compliance with international labour standards
Seeks to identify trends in rights at work during the global financial and economic crisis that began in 2008, in terms of international labour standards.
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Book
Shaping Global Industrial Relations. The impact of International Framework Agreements
Assesses the phenomenon of IFAs, examining their impact around the world as well as their effectiveness in fostering labour-management dialogue
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The Committee on the Application of Standards of the International Labour Conference: A dynamic and impact built on decades of dialogue and persuasion
Puts together the practical consequences of the annual discussions of the International Labour Conference and emphasizes on what tangible transformations have occurred in the various legal and political systems.
Recent event
The research workshop, organised with the support of the European Union, debated the impact of the crisis and austerity on labour market actors and institutions in Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Italy, and Spain, where policy reforms and austerity plans have triggered serious impacts on social dialogue and labour law.