Issue Brief no. 5 - Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining

Negotiating for decent working time - a review of practice

10 December 2019

This Issue Brief gives an overview of the regulation of working time through collective agreements in different regions of the world and outlines innovative solutions by the bargaining partners. It presents practices from various countries, which can advance a human-centered approach to the regulation of working time through collective bargaining.

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Telework in the 21st century: An evolutionary perspective (online pdf)

15 November 2019

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Telework in the 21st century: An evolutionary perspective

15 November 2019

A new conceptual framework explaining the evolution of telework over four decades.

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 106

Regulatory options for conflicts of law and jurisdictional issues in the on-demand economy

08 July 2019

Provides a global framework for thinking about the on-demand business model and assorted conflicts of law and jurisdictional issues.

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Executive summary: Digital labour platforms and the future of work

20 September 2018

This report provides one of the first comparative studies of working conditions on five major micro-task platforms that operate globally.

Report

Digital labour platforms and the future of work: Towards decent work in the online world

20 September 2018

The report offers one of the first comparative studies of working conditions at five of the major, global, online micro-task platforms.

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International perspectives on women and work in hotels, catering and tourism

07 April 2013

This working paper highlights structural and cultural issues that often determine the roles that women play within the hotel, catering and tourism workforce and the strategies which can make a difference to their status and opportunities within the sector.

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Expanding women's employment opportunities: Informal economy workers and the need for childcare

01 November 2007

Childcare plays an essential role in supporting the employment of workers, and particularly women who continue to carry the primary responsibility for childcare in most societies. The lack of childcare support undermines women’s employment and steers women into the poorly paid, poorly protected informal economy. To address the gender dimension of informality, policy responses, programmes and projects need to recognize that providing childcare is a basic necessity for expanding women’s employment opportunities and enabling them to shift from informal economy activity to formal economic activity. The paper explores good practices on supporting the child care needs of informal workers through a series of well documented examples from Africa, Asia and Latin America.