Books and reports
March 1993
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Publication
Preventing stress at work (Conditions of work digest 2/92)
29 March 1993
The Conditions of Work Digest on preventing stress at work is essential reading for policy-makers in government agencies, employers' and workers' organizations, health professionals, trainers, consultants, managers and workers' representatives concerned with this complex and challenging problem.
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Occupational Safety and Health Series, No. 68
The use of lasers in the workplace: A practical guide
23 March 1993
The purpose of this book is to provide basic guidance on working conditions and procedures that will lead to higher standards of safety for all personnel engaged in the manufacture, maintenance and operation of laser devices. It is intended in particular for the use of competent authorities, employers and workers, and in general all persons in charge of occupational safety and health.
February 1993
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Assessing women’s economic contributions to development (PHD 6)
16 February 1993
Assesses the extent of undercounting of economically active women and identifies the major definitions and data collection problems which contribute to this. Presents several approaches to the assessment of women's economic contribution.
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Safety and health in the use of chemicals at work. Training manual
12 February 1993
Includes the texts of ILO Convention No. 170 and ILO Recommendation No. 177 and a system for classification, identification and labelling of chemicals.
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Child labour. A guide to project design
11 February 1993
Comments on the Minimum Age Convention (No. 138) and Recommendation (No. 146), 1973.
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Children and hazardous works in the Philippines
11 February 1993
Documenting the change in emphasis from intervention through legislation to direct action at the local level, this book draws particular attention to efforts to eliminate child prostitution and Muro-ami deep sea fishing.
January 1993
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Circumventing labour protection. Non-standard employment in Argentina and Peru (RS 88)
15 January 1993
Changes in the global economic and political environment are forcing workers away from the existing employment norms. This volume attempts to throw some light on the flexibilisation of employment contracts in Argentina and Peru by exploring the circumventing of labour protection and its various dimensions.
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Labour institutions and economic development in India (RS 97)
14 January 1993
Taking the debate on the impact of labour institutions, such as the organisation of labour, work relations and the access to labour markets, as its point of departure, this volume explores the variety of labour institutions in relation to production, labour commitment and economic development in India.
December 1992
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How to start a small business. A manual for community workers assisting persons with disabilities
31 December 1992
Explains how to conduct surveys of needs and feasibility studies, how to plan the work, and the financing and management of the business to be created.
October 1992
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Retraining - No redundancy. Innovative approaches to industrial restructuring in Germany and France
19 October 1992
Faced, in the 1980s, with the threat of mass redundancies in large manufacturing firms, Germany and France chose to promote innovative active labour market policies to counteract the social consequences of large-scale job losses. On the basis of 14 case studies, this book investigates the measures implemented in these two countries.