Using household survey data from Bangladesh, Brazil and Cambodia, evaluates relationships between the intensity of children's work and health outcomes for children aged 5 to 17 years. Presents the rate of injury risk in function of weekly working hours in agriculture, commerce, services, and...

Describes the functions, objectives and organization of the various institutions involved in labour matters.

Provides guidance on ways and means to minimise the negative effects of working with visual display units. Includes selected examples of regulations, guidelines and collective agreements governing their use.

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.

Focuses on workplace hazards, preventive measures and day-to-day management practices relevant to informal shoe workshops. Presents practical low-cost and locally-identified measures to improve working conditions.

Examines trends in occupational stress and violence experienced by rural and urban transport workers, railway employees, taxi drivers, road freight drivers, and air traffic controllers. Does not cover violence on board civil aircraft.

Aims at analysing and systematizing the health challenges faced by the poorest strata of urban workers and to discuss solutions. Uses interviews carried out with ILO and WHO staff members from different departments and programmes, completed with interviews with professionals from other...

Examines the performance of the cut-flower industry and its impact on national economic development and local communities. Based on field survey covering 12 flower farms in northern Tanzania.

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...