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Alcohol and drug problems at work is a practical manual to setting up and managing substance abuse prevention programmes, complementing the ILO code of practice Management of alcohol and drug-related issues in the workplace. It examines the advantages of establishing workplace substance abuse initiatives and shows how enterprises of all sizes can set up and implement their own programmes to deal with this growing problem. This timely book look...

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This second edition of this useful and informative book provides an approach to the protection of children through the development of a programme on occupational safety and health specifically addressed to working children. It illustrates how this can be done within a framework of a national policy aimed at the elimination of child labour. This new edition takes account of the provisions of the ILO's Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 199...

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This issue focuses on climate change and its impacts on employment and labor markets, as well as on the role for the labor movement in addressing those challenges. It looks at the possible employment impacts in specific sectors and considers the need for "green" industrial policies. The articles feature country-based studies on the impact of climate change as well as views on adaptation and mitigation strategies, linkages with workers' rights,...

Social security represents an investment in a nation's human infrastructure. This book outlines basic concepts such as the social protection floor and the social security staircase, analyzes the affordability of various approaches, and examines the results of practices around the world, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The second part of Extending Social Security to All weighs the pros and cons of conditional cash transfers. Bas...

This is the second volume of a training course designed for middle and senior managers in microfinance institutions (MFIs). It builds on the acclaimed Making Microfinance Work: Managing for Improved Performance (2006). The book includes chapters on various product options, including savings, insurance, leasing, money transfers, and even grants and nonfinancial services. It also explores how to combine different product menus to serve specific ...

Changes in the world of work have modified traditional notions of the employment relationship. These changes shape the scope of protection and application of labor legislation and automatically affect the way labor law is implemented. The Employment Relationship provides cross-national analysis of this important phenomenon. It has become increasingly difficult to determine who is or is not in a legally defined employment relationship-and there...

This book showcases research by leading experts on the macroeconomic and labor market dimensions of the financial crisis of 2007-09. It provides a global overview, interpreting the causes, consequences, and policy responses to the Great Recession from the perspective of both developing and developed countries. The authors trace the recession's complex, multiple causes, ranging from market, policy, and regulatory failures to global imbalances. ...

Advances in information and communication technologies, combined with organizations seeking to reduce costs, have led to a dramatic growth in service sector offshoring and outsourcing, most notably to developing countries such as India. Despite burgeoning literature on this phenomenon, however, little attention has been paid to the working and employment conditions that exist in the growing number of workplaces providing business-process outso...

The volume is based on studies prepared by eminent academics Dharam Ghai, Bob Hepple, Martin Godfrey, Ashwani Saith, and Sarosh Kuruvilla. They explain the dimensions of Decent Work with special reference to the four strategic objectives of the ILO, namely: rights at work, employment, social protection, and social dialogue. The volume provides an introduction to the concept of decent work, as well as its strategies and policies. The contributo...

This is the first in a new series of biennial reports that aim to map social security coverage globally, presenting various methods and approaches for assessing coverage and identifying gaps. Backed by comparative statistical data, this first report takes a comprehensive look at how countries are investing in social security, how they are financing it, and how effective their approaches are. The report examines the ways selected international ...

Many migrants seek overseas employment with the help of agents or intermediaries. These "merchants of labor" include relatives who finance a migrant's trip, provide housing, and arrange for a job abroad, public employment services, and private recruitment agencies. They also include an underworld of smugglers and traffickers. The agents who recruit and deploy migrant workers are at the heart of the evolving migration infrastructure, i.e., the ...

Economic recovery from the worldwide financial crisis remains weak and uneven, resulting in persistently high unemployment in some countries and growing job precariousness almost everywhere. This report shows that a sustainable, job-rich recovery is possible-provided that the factors that led to the crisis are tackled. The report provides answers to these key questions: . When will employment recover strongly enough to mitigate the effects of ...

This book reflects the state of the art in the identification and recognition of occupational diseases. The number of physical, chemical, biological, and psychosocial factors affecting workers' health is constantly on the rise. When safety and health measures fail or are not followed, accidents, injuries, diseases, and even deaths may occur. Diseases caused by work need to be identified, victims compensated, and prevention pursued in the workp...

Global talent has never been more mobile or sought after. A complex phenomenon that takes many forms, the movement of people with skills includes migrants, students, and even tourists and refugees who decide to stay abroad. Countries attracting global talent increasetheir stock of human and technological skills, and in the past decade many have welcomed foreign professionals and students to redress domestic skill shortages and to quicken econo...

In many low- and middle-income countries, the global financial crisis has led to significant losses of jobs and pressures on real wages. Based on the findings of ILO-sponsored country studies of employment impacts, this book analyzes how crossborder trade has acted as a transmission channel, spreading the crisis to developing states. Key topics covered include how changes in trade flows affect the labor market, the role of price volatility and...

This book provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of international labor migration and the ILO's efforts to protect migrant workers through a rights-based approach. It offers new insights on the factors that motivate people to seek work outside their country of origin and on the significant development effects on both origin and destination countries. Exposing the often-limited access of migrant workers to their fundamental rights at ...

Are job losses and the degradation of working conditions in the developed world due to globalization and the offshoring of jobs? Contrary to popular beliefs and fears, most economic analysis evaluating the long-term and global implications of the internationalization of employment does not support this view. Yet for workers who have been displaced, a positive global impact does not remove their immediate loss. This study discusses a paradox: g...