Provides information on the situation in Barbados and Jamaica as it relates to employment, working conditions and labour relations in offshore data service enterprises, against the background of the ILO's Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy.

This paper provides an overview of the most important aspects of the employment and working conditions of homeworkers, including home-based teleworkers and of the legal provisions that exist in different countries. It also gives concrete examples of how such provisions can best be applied in...

Based on data from the IX Censo nacional de poblacion y vivienda de 1993 del INEI and the Encuesta nacional de niveles de vida de 1994 (ENNIV) of Cuanto and World Bank, Encuestas de hogares anuales del Ministerio de Trabajo y Promocion Social from 1986 to 1996 (for urban area of Lima), Encuesta...

Describes different forms of labour flexibility and examines legislative reforms and measures related to flexibility in external and internal labour markets and occupational and individual flexibility. Investigates trends in flexible forms of employment across countries during the 1990s and...

Explores the impact on teachers of recent changes in the education system as a whole. Based on the 1988 teacher survey, the 1993 school management survey, and the 1993 teacher survey.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on industrial sector employment of woman workers in Mauritius - based on interviews and a 1977 survey, examines the conditions (lower minimum wages, higher labour productivity, less absenteeism and easier human relations) dictating employer preference for female...

ILO pub. Interdisciplinary research study of the relationship between working conditions, mental stress and job satisfaction - applies social psychology and ergonomics to occupational health and occupational safety in the interest of quality of working life. References.

Examines developments in working conditions and work organization in industrialized economies. Considers the impact of these developments on job satisfaction. Draws mainly on literature from the UK and USA.