Publications
2008
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Age discrimination and older workers: Theory and legislation in comparative context, Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 20
01 January 2008
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Reconciling work and family: Issues and policies in Trinidad and Tobago, Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 18
01 January 2008
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Working Conditions Laws 2006-2007
01 January 2008
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Equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS
01 January 2008
The paper presents current work-family issues and a range of policy initiatives designed by ILO constituents to increase equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men in public and private life around the world. These initiatives include policy research; adopting and implementing gender-sensitive labour legislation and social security benefits related to leave and working time; promoting family-friendly employment policies; providing public services (such as child care and elder care institutions) and social infrastructure to reduce time burdens (public transportation and access to energy sources and water). Moreover, the paper shows that awareness-raising campaigns and education programmes as well as anti-discrimination legislation are essential for the eradication of discriminatory stereotypes at work and ensuring the equal distribution of family and work responsibilities between women and men. Finally, promotion of social dialogue and tripartite participation are also key to achieve cultural change and support family-friendly measures at the workplace.
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A Training Package on Ageing
01 January 2008
2007
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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.
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Decent working time: Balancing workers' needs with business requirements
07 October 2007
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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
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Safe Maternity and the world of work, Conditions of Work and Employment Programme
01 January 2007
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Minding the gaps: Non-regular employment and labour market segmentation in the Republic of Korea, Conditions of Work and Employment Series No.19
01 January 2007
2006
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Decent working time: new trends, new issues
07 October 2006
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Decent Working Time. New trends, new issues
31 May 2006
Based on the results of the Ninth International Symposium on Working Time (Paris, 26-28 February 2004). Provides an exploration of current developments in working time in the industrialized world; how those developments vary in different countries and under different sets of socio-economic circumstances; and the public and enterprise policies that are best suited to addressing these developments.
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Wage fixing in the informal economy: Evidence from Brazil, India, Indonesia and South Africa, Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 16.
01 January 2006
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Conditions of work and employment for older workers in industrialized countries: Understanding the issues, Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 15.
01 January 2006
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Reconciling work and family: Issues and policies in Thailand, Conditions of Work and Employment Series No.14
01 January 2006
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Compressed working weeks, Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 12
01 January 2006
2005
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The fundamentals of minimum wage fixing
27 September 2005
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Working and employment conditions in new EU member states. Convergence or diversity?
12 May 2005
Gives an overview on labour issues, prepared for the international conference "Working and employment conditions in an enlarged European Union", Brussels, 14-15 April 2005. Includes two ILO contributions (D. Vaughan-Whitehead; S. Lee).
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Reconciling work and family responsibilities: Practical ideas from global experience
01 January 2005
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Working time laws: A global perspective
01 January 2005