Publications on Work-life balance

  1. Safe maternity and the world of work

    11 February 2008

    This publication sets out three priority areas within the ILO mandate that stand to contribute substantially to efforts aimed at improving maternal health.

  2. Yearbook of Labour Statistics, CD-ROM Single-user - 2008

    14 January 2008

    Sources and Methods: Labour Statistics, Volumes 1-10 - Published annually

  3. Occupational Wages and Hours of Work and Retail Food Prices, CD-ROM Multi-user - 2008

    14 January 2008

    Statistics from the ILO October Inquiry - Published annually

  4. Occupational Wages and Hours of Work and Retail Food Prices, CD-ROM Single-user - 2008

    14 January 2008

    Statistics from the ILO October Inquiry - Published annually

  5. Yearbook of Labour Statistics - Country profiles - 2008

    14 January 2008

    Published annually

  6. Yearbook of Labour Statistics - Time series - 2008

    14 January 2008

    Published annually

  7. 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.

  8. Decent working time: Balancing workers' needs with business requirements

    07 October 2007

  9. 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

  10. Working for better times. Rethinking work for the 21st century

    08 May 2007

    This volume offers unique insights into current thinking and policy options on these crucial issues. It consists of a selection of articles from the ILO's flagship journal, the International Labour Review, including contributions by such distinguished scholars as Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Robert Reich, Sir Bob Hepple, and Alain Supiot. Includes an introduction by Jean Michel Servais.