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Theme 2: The Role of Collective Bargaining - United Kingdom

Theme 1: Labour Court Lay Judges - United Kingdom

National reports - United Kingdom (Non-competition clauses)

National reports - United Kingdom

The politics of economic adjustment in Europe : State unilateralism or social dialogue?

This article depicts the process of design and implementation of austerity policies aimed at reducing public deficits and debt in eight European countries and the role of social dialogue in this context. It is argued that, as governments are...

Committee on Labour Administration:Mr GURNEY (Worker, United Kingdom; Worker Vice-Chairperson, Committee on Labour Administration)

Chemical Exposure Limits

Recommended or mandatory occupational exposure limits (OELs) have been developed in many countries for airborne exposure to gases, vapours and particulates. The most widely used limits, called threshold limit values (TLVs), are those issued in the...

Tripartite meeting on Labour Administration Facing the Jobs Crisis

Skills for green jobs in the United Kingdom

Background country study

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...

National Vocational Qualifications in the United Kingdom: Their origins and legacy

Michael Young, Emeritus Professor Institute of Education, University of London

Learning from the first qualifications frameworks

Employment Working Paper No. 45

Statement by Peter Purton, Policy Officer on Equality and Employment Rights, Trades Union Congress, United Kingdom: Panel discussion on the...

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

Employment Working Paper No. 42

Achieving the Revitalising Health and Safety targets: Statistical progress report

The Revitalising Health and Safety strategy statement, launched in June 2000, set three national targets for improving health and safety performance by 2010. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) set out its technical approach to measuring progress...

Tripartite meeting on Labour Administration Facing the Jobs Crisis

United Kingdom

Technical Note. Systems of governance of main social security schemes in the Arab States and selected countries France, Germany, United...

ILO/RP/Arab States/R.1

Setting sail for a decent future

More than 300 senior representatives of seafarers, shipowners and governments are meeting in Geneva (15 to 26 September) to discuss the new Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC).The MLC is described as a “bill of rights” for the world’s more than...

Decent Work Country Report - United Kingdom

8th ILO European Regional Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, 9-13 February 2009. Country background information for the Report of the Director-General