Highlights the theoretical underpinnings of age discriminationin employment and examines how it is addressed in current labour law around the world.

Reviews definitions of fatigue, with a view to relationships with accidents. Discusses legislative measures intending to limit fatigue through regulating working time and enforcing control devices such as digital tachographs or camera monitoring systems. Summarizes initiatives undertaken by...

Focuses on the corporate social responsibility of transnational corporations.

Focuses on country systems for regulating low-wage work.

Examines the objectives and impact of privatizing public services. Proposes a checklist of issues to be considered when privatization measures are envisaged.

Examines initiatives to prevent and combat workplace sexual harassment at international level and in countries across the world. Reviews international standards and national legislation; the activities of government, employers and workers organizations, and NGOs; and workplace policies and...

Describes the framework of the Tourism Labour Accounting System (TLAS), an extension of the Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA). Provides guidance on identifying relevant sources of national statistics to obtain and present estimates on employment and conditions of work in the tourism sector....