Tools and Services on Working Conditions
2015
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Factsheet no. 3 - Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining
Subjects for collective bargaining
14 December 2015
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Factsheet no. 2 - Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining
Representativity and recognition for collective bargaining
14 December 2015
If a collective bargaining agreement is to reflect a fair balance between the interests of the workers and employers that it covers, the organizations that negotiate on behalf of each side must be properly representative.
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Factsheet no. 1 - Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining
Collective bargaining
14 December 2015
Negotiating or bargaining is a means of joint decision making. It is used by individuals or groups like trade unions and employers who depend on each other to achieve their goals but who may have different interests.
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Issue Brief no. 3 - Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining
Collective bargaining and non-standard forms of employment: Practices that reduce vulnerability and ensure work is decent
14 December 2015
Collective bargaining is widely recognized as an important tool for improving working conditions and labour relations, but can it play the same role for workers in non-standard forms of employment? This issue brief looks at the ways in which collective bargaining is used to negotiate better terms and conditions of employment for workers in temporary and part-time employment, and in forms of employment involving multiple parties, such as temporary agency work.
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A policy guide
Collective bargaining - a policy guide
11 December 2015
How can governments advance the effective recognition of this fundamental right? Which policies and institutions promote collective bargaining and how might they be established?
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Issue Brief no. 2 - Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining
Improving working conditions for domestic workers: organizing, coordinated action and bargaining
04 December 2015
This Issue Brief examines innovative approaches to workers’ and employers’ organizations and collective bargaining that protect domestic workers from the risk of being engaged in unacceptable forms of work and afford them effective and inclusive labour protection.
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Minimum wage policy guide
Minimum wages: an introduction
03 December 2015
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Document
The Hague Declaration on the Promotion of Workplace Compliance by Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions
03 November 2015
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Occupational safety and health fact sheets and videos
Safety and health on the farm, at the motor vehicle repair shop and at the wood workshop
14 October 2015
The occupational safety and health fact sheets and videos depict safe working practices related to specific hazards found on the farm, at motor vehicle repair shops and at the wood workshop. These fact sheets and videos are aimed at employers and workers in micro and small enterprises including those in the informal economy. Following the information and advice contained in the fact sheets and videos will assist in ensuring that those working in these sectors remain safe and healthy.
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ESS Paper Series (SECSOC) - ESS 50
Long-term care (LTC) protection for older persons: A review of coverage deficits in 46 countries
24 September 2015
Due to the global demographic ageing, all countries are challenged by growing longterm care (LTC) needs for older persons. However, these needs are largely ignored and range very low on the policy agendas of most countries. This paper has developed global estimates on LTC protection of persons aged 65 and over.