Author: International Labour OfficeInternational Labour O
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: market, labour, indicators, key
Number of Pages: 704
Published: 2001-12-21
List price: $130.00
ISBN-10: 0415939526
ISBN-13: 9780415939522

The new edition of this acclaimed resource makes available in a single volume the most authoritative, current, and accessible statistics on the labor market. Indicators encompass vital issues, such as labor force participation, employment, unemployment, educational attainment, hours of work, wages and earnings, productivity, labor costs, poverty, income distribution, and more.

Author: International Labour Office
Publisher: International Labour Office
Keywords: code, practice, ilo, ports, health, safety
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 2004-09-30
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 9221152871
ISBN-13: 9789221152873

Despite new and sophisticated innovations, port work is still considered an occupation with very high accident rates. Every port, in light of its specific circumstances, needs to develop working practices that safeguard the safety and health of portworkers. This essential code of practice provides valuable advice and assistance to all those charged with the management, operation, maintenance and development of ports and their safety. Offering many detailed technical illustrations and examples of good practice, the provisions of this code cover all aspects of port work where goods or passengers

Author: Labour Office International
Publisher: International Labour Org
Keywords: population, censuses, retrospective, statistics, labour, yearbook
Number of Pages: 1060
Published: 1990-04-01
List price: $153.00
ISBN-10: 9220064286
ISBN-13: 9789220064283

Author: International Labour Office
Publisher: International Labour Office
Keywords: work, digest, conditions, vol, maternity
Number of Pages: 482
Published: 1995-03-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9221091996
ISBN-13: 9789221091998

Author: International Labour Office
Publisher: International Labour Office
Keywords: labour, 85th, session, report, conference, international, targeting, intolerable, child
Number of Pages: 80
Published: 1996-12-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 922109894X
ISBN-13: 9789221098942

The world community is calling for an end to the intolerable: the persistent exploitation of children in slave-like and bonded conditions, hazardous and arduous work, prostitution, pornography, and other unspeakable situations. Child Labour: Targeting the Intolerable chronicles the exploitation and abuse of working children, surveys international and national law and practice, and points the way toward effective practical action to eliminate such exploitation and abuse. Drawing on ILO action against child labor, including the experience of the ILO’s International Programme for the Elimin

Author: International Labour Office
Publisher: International Labour Office
Keywords: labour, conference, international, targeting, child, intolerable
Number of Pages: 123
Published: 1996-12
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 9221103285
ISBN-13: 9789221103288

The world community is calling for an end to the intolerable: the persistent exploitation of children in slave-like and bonded conditions, hazardous and arduous work, prostitution, pornography, and other unspeakable situations. Child Labour: Targeting the Intolerable chronicles the exploitation and abuse of working children, surveys international and national law and practice, and points the way toward effective practical action to eliminate such exploitation and abuse. Drawing on ILO action against child labor, including the experience of the ILO’s International Progra

Author: International Labour Office
Publisher: International Labour Office
Keywords: education, manual, workers, standards, labour, international
Number of Pages: 148
Published: 1998-08-01
List price: $18.00
ISBN-10: 9221103307
ISBN-13: 9789221103301

This book provides a brief but thorough introduction to the formulation, adoption, and application of internationally agreed-upon standards of good practice and labor matters, and has been updated to cover developments up to mid-1997. By 1997, the ILO had adopted 181 international labor Conventions and 188 Recommendations on all aspects of work. How are these standards elaborated and how is their application ensured? This book provides answers and examples from around the world. The topics covered include: The ILO and standard-setting, how international labor standards originate, the st