Tools and Services on Health and Safety at the Workplace
2013
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Good practices
Business and the fight against child labour - Experience from India, Brazil and South Africa
25 October 2013
A new report on the efforts of businesses in three countries in the global South to eliminate child labour, in their operations, supply chains and wider communities.
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Publication
Measuring informality: A statistical manual on the informal sector and informal employment
04 October 2013
This manual is intended for national statistical offices and other producers of statistics planning programmes to produce statistics on the informal sector and informal employment. The manual provides technical guidance on implementing international standards, presenting alternative measurement methodologies along with examples based on national experience, and includes guidelines for the dissemination of statistics on the informal sector and informal employment.
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Publication
Labour inspection and undeclared work in the EU
21 August 2013
The purpose of this study is to consider the role that national labour inspection systems in the EU have as part of a strategic policy response to undeclared work. It was coordinated by the ILO’s Labour Administration and Inspection Programme (LAB/ADMIN) in cooperation with the European Commission’s Labour Law Unit.
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Publication
Work Sharing during the Great Recession: New developments and beyond
18 June 2013
This volume presents the concept and history of work sharing, how it can be used as a strategy for preserving jobs and also its potential for increasing employment − including the complexities and trade-offs involved. Work-sharing programmes used during the Great Recession of 2008−09 are analysed for several European countries and other countries around the world.
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Publication
The Informal Economy and Decent Work: A Policy Resource Guide supporting transitions to formality
15 May 2013
This practical Policy Resource Guide is the first initiative to bring together a synthesis of knowledge, policy innovations and good practices facilitating transition to formality.
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Publication
Shared Harvests: Agriculture, Trade, and Employment (ILO-UNCTAD)
14 May 2013
The edited volume “Shared Harvests: Agriculture, Trade and Employment” is the outcome of a technical cooperation project entitled “Assessing and Addressing the Effects of Trade and Employment” managed jointly by the European Commission and the International Labour Office (ILO) with funding from the European Union, and collaborative work between the ILO and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The research findings in this volume emphasize the need to make agriculture (or re-establish it as) a high policy priority, particularly in the domains of development, trade, and employment.
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Publication
Public Sector Shock: The impact of policy retrenchment in Europe
24 April 2013
On the basis of a comparative and comprehensive assessment, illustrated by case studies in education, health and public administration, policy issues are discussed with the aim of finding the right mix of public sector reforms.
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ILO Research paper No. 4
The comments of the ILO's Supervisory bodies: Usefulness in the context of the sanction-based dimension of labour provisions in US free trade agreements
21 March 2013
This paper looks at recent complaints under the labour chapters of three US trade agreements – the CAFTA-DR, the US-Bahrain and the US-Peru FTAs – and undertakes a preliminary analysis of the use of the comments of the ILO’s supervisory bodies in the regulation mechanisms of labour provisions contained in those trade agreements
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Publication
National system for recording and notification of occupational diseases: Practical guide
02 January 2013
This practical guide has been prepared to help member States to establish and improve their national systems for recording and notification of occupational diseases. It is aimed at relevant people in the responsible authorities, such as the ministries of labour, health, and social security; at those in occupational safety and health inspection, occupational safety and health services, national social security institutions, and compensation boards; and at employers, workers and their organizations. It also includes practical and detailed guidance on compiling and analyzing data collected through national disease surveillance systems.
2012
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Publication
Improvement of national reporting, data collection and analysis of occupational accidents and diseases
12 December 2012
This report focuses on the importance of national reporting of occupational accidents and diseases and how it can be improved, as well as data collection systems and how the data can be evaluated and analyzed.