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Social Finance Working Paper #56: Strategies for unions to provide benefits and financial services to workers

Social Finance Working Paper #56: Strategies for unions to provide benefits and financial services to workers

Experiences in the United States

World of Work 2012: Country Brief on the United States

World of Work 2012: Country Brief on the United States

Employment growth has weakened and remains well below crisis levels while corporate profits have gone back to pre-crisis levels while business investment remains low. The path to recovery lies in moving to a comprehensive job plan.

Responsible contracting: An approach aimed at improving social and labour practices in the property services sector

Responsible contracting: An approach aimed at improving social and labour practices in the property services sector

Research paper on the property services sector, and in particular on the provision of cleaning and security services, prepared as background for an ILO meeting on Private employment agencies in private services sectors, 18–19 October 2011.

Diverging trends in unemployment in the United States and Europe: Evidence from Okun's law and the global financial crisis

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Diverging trends in unemployment in the United States and Europe: Evidence from Okun's law and the global financial crisis

This paper presents estimates of Okun’s coefficients for a number of developed countries, and shows that there is considerable variation across countries, which captures the heterogeneity in the responsiveness of unemployment to the global financial...

Theme 1: The Role of Labour Court Judges in the Implementation of Social Policies - United States of America

Theme 1: The Role of Labour Court Judges in the Implementation of Social Policies - United States of America

National reports - United States

National reports - United States

Theme 2: New Employment Relationships - United States of America

Theme 2: New Employment Relationships - United States of America

The Global Crisis. Causes, responses and challenges

The Global Crisis. Causes, responses and challenges

This important collection of essays brings together the main findings of ILO research since the start of the global financial and economic crisis in 2008. With contributions from diverse research disciplines, the volume provides new perspectives on...

The impact of the economic and financial crisis on youth employment: Measures for labour market recovery in the European Union, Canada and...

The impact of the economic and financial crisis on youth employment: Measures for labour market recovery in the European Union, Canada and...

Employment Working Paper No. 70

Skills for green jobs in the United States
Cover_Skills for green jobs in United States 2010

Skills for green jobs in the United States

Background country study

Offshoring and working conditions in remote work

Offshoring and working conditions in remote work

Advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs), combined with organizations seeking to reduce costs, have led to a dramatic growth in service sector offshoring and outsourcing, most notably to developing countries such as India. This...

A survey of the Great Depression as recorded in the International Labour Review, 1931-1939

A survey of the Great Depression as recorded in the International Labour Review, 1931-1939

Employment Working Paper No. 42

The Slave Next Door – Human trafficking and slavery in America today

The Slave Next Door – Human trafficking and slavery in America today

This book exposes the disturbing phenomenon of human trafficking and slavery that exists now in the United States.

United States - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Effective abolition of child labour (CL)

United States - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Effective abolition of child labour (CL)

United States - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory...

United States - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory...

United States - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Elimination of discrimination in respect of...

United States - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Elimination of discrimination in respect of...

United States - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Freedom of association and the effective recognition...

United States - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Freedom of association and the effective recognition...