All publications: labour relations + collective bargaining + collective agreements + workers participation + workers representation

Promoting Social Dialogue and Harmonious Industrial Relations in Bangladesh Ready-Made Garment Industry

SDIR Project update: December 2018

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 105

An analysis of multiparty bargaining models for global supply chains

Reviews one approach for realizing the goal of improving labour standards at the lower rungs of supply chains that has to date received relatively little scholarly attention: substantive, enforceable agreements between lead firms and unions or...

Research Department Working Paper n°38

Corporate Social Responsibility: Exploring determinants and complementarities

This paper address the question of why forms and practices of corporate social responsibility (CSR) differ greatly between firms.

Guidelines for the implementation of employment contracts in the export-orientated garment sector

A guideline for the implementation of employment contracts is required so that a balance is found between the need to protect workers and the competitiveness of the garment sector.

The Impact of Social Dialogue and Collective Bargaining on Working Conditions in SMEs: A Literature Review

Case study: Colombia investment, export promotion and workers’ rights

This case study evaluates the policies and practices that the Colombian government has initiated in order to attract investment, and promote exports based on improved respect for workers’ rights. It seeks to assess to what extent the Colombian...

Factors affecting technology spillovers from Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) in backward linkages in the Turkish manufacturing sector:...

The objective of these studies is to stimulate It is widely accepted by developing countries that technology and knowledge can spill over from Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) to local firms. However, this outcome is not automatic; a broad range of...

Good practices in collective bargaining: A compilation of case studies from Pakistan

The compilation of good practices of collective bargaining agreements is envisioned to be a step towards collating and documenting examples of good practices in collective bargaining in different economic sectors in the country. The rationale for...

India Wage Report: Wage policies for decent work and inclusive growth

This report provides an overview of recent trends in wages, including wage gaps between different categories of workers, gender wage gaps, wages by sector and occupation, and trends in wage inequality. It analyses the existing market labour...

Support to Build Capacity for Improving National Industrial Relations Database for Evidence-based Policy-making (NIRF/Canada) project...

Social dialogue in the public service in selected countries of the European Union

The aim of this paper is to analyse the regulation and practice of social dialogue in the public service at the European Union (EU) level and within a group of EU countries, with a focus on the forms of social dialogue other than collective...

Book

Collective Agreements: Extending Labour Protection

This volume examines the extension of collective agreements and its use as a policy tool to expand the coverage of labour protection, and shore up collective bargaining.

Freedom of association - Compilation of decisions of the Committee on Freedom of Association (PDF version)

Sixth edition (2018)

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 97

Multi-employer collective bargaining in South Africa

In South Africa, collective bargaining operates at multiple levels. The main distinction to draw is between single-employer bargaining and multi-employer bargaining.

Freedom of association and collective bargaining

Training guide for freedom of association trainers in the Philippines

This training guide for freedom of association trainers in the Philippines is produced for use by officials of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Philippines Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) in training final user trainees in...

Report of the Eighth Tripartite Regional Seminar on Industrial Relations in the ASEAN Region

Contains the report of the Eighth Regional Seminar on Industrial Relations in the ASEAN Region, under the ILO/Japan Workplaces and Industries for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth Through Sharing Good Practices of GBA, OSH and Industrial Relations...

Country Baselines

2017 Annual Review under the follow-up to the ILO 1998 Declaration - Compilation of baseline tables, by country

(based on the reports of Member States that have not ratified all fundamental Conventions and/or that have not ratified the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930)

A profile of trade unionism and industrial relations in Pakistan

The paper looks at the trade unionism and industrial relations in Pakistan from historic perspective and provides updates on the profiles of national and provincial level labour federations. This paper seeks to stimulate healthy debates on the...

Labour research contest brochure

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 94

Organizing On-Demand: Representation, Voice, and Collective Bargaining in the Gig Economy