Books and reports
March 2018
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Book
Women’s ILO: Transnational networks, global labour standards and gender equity, 1919 to Present
15 March 2018
What is the place of women in global labour policies? This book gathers new research on a century of ILO engagement with women’s work.
December 2016
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Publication
Labour regulation and development: Socio-legal perspectives
15 December 2016
May 2014
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Publication
Maternity and paternity at work: Law and practice across the world
13 May 2014
The study reviews national law and practice on both maternity and paternity at work in 185 countries and territories including leave, benefits, employment protection, health protection, breastfeeding arrangements at work and childcare.
June 2011
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Book
Regulating for Decent Work. New directions in labour market regulation
13 June 2011
This book advances the academic and policy debates on post-crisis labour regulation by identifying new challenges, subjects and theoretical perspectives. It identifies central themes in the contemporary regulation of labour, including the role of empirical research in assessing and supporting labour market interventions, the regulation of precarious work and the emergence of new types of labour markets.
February 2010
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Publication
Labour law and worker protection in developing countries
06 February 2010
This study reflects on labour law’s ability, in its current form, to protect workers’ rights and secure decent working conditions in the developing world. It identifies and examines structural weaknesses and challenges brought about by globalization and, against this background, explores regulatory and policy responses which have been made at different governance levels to enhance the scope and application of labour regulation, focusing particularly on Latin America, South Asia and southern Africa. This is a co-publication with Hart Publishing.
August 2009
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Publication
Forced labor: Coercion and exploitation in the private economy
26 August 2009
PRAISE FOR FORCED LABOR "Excellent. . . . This state-of-the-art volume provides a first-rate analysis of the dynamics leading to the occurrence of forced labour, its global distribution,and different types of policy responses." -Jens Lerche, SOAS, University of London. Two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, at least 12.3 million people are subjected to modern forms of forced labor - in rich countries, as well as poor ones. The authors of Forced Labor present state-of-the-art research on the manifestations of these slavery-like practices, why they continue to survive, and how they can be eliminated.
May 2009
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Publication
International and comparative labour law: current challenges
27 May 2009
Written by a leading expert in labour law, International and Comparative Labour Law: Current Challenges provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges facing labour law in the twenty-first century across the globe. Co-published with Palgrave Macmillan Publishers
October 2008
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Publication
Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific
08 October 2008
This unique study reviews employment conditions in Asia and the Pacific in the context of globalization and the increasing pressures towards flexibilization. It places a strong focus on the divergent experiences of individual workers regarding their employment conditions...
July 2007
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Publication
Working time around the world
05 July 2007
This pioneering study is the first of its kind to offer a comparative analysis of working time trends in developing and transition countries. This is a co-publication with Routledge Publishers