Examines how enterprises can restructure in the spirit of social partnership with maximum economic benefits and minimum costs for the workers, communities and society at large.

ILO pub. Article on regulations and legal aspects governing social security for migrant workers moving within the EC (EC countries) - outlines scope of protection of migrants, frontier workers and expatriate workers, determination of entitlement, payment, overlapping of benefits, etc., and...

The paper captures the findings of a study on employer views regarding the importance and feasibility of the implementation of circular migration policies. It is based on desk review and interviews with employers’ organisations, individual employers, public employment services and ministries...

Examine certains éléments du concept de flexicurité. Considère qu'il est possible de conjuguer flexibilité du marché du travail et sécurité des travailleurs, à certaines conditions : investissement dans les politiques du marché du travail et dans les droits sociaux,...

Presents the Block-Roberts methodology for measuring labour standards, highlighting its relativism (does not rely on a universal benchmark like ILO Conventions) and its politically feasible benchmark (at least one jurisdiction enacted). Comparing the US with Canada and the EU, resp., determines...

Reviews trends from 1980 to 1996.

Outlines the global structure of the textiles and clothing industry and reviews trading patterns under the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), highlighting the impact of trade policies in the European Union and the USA. Examines the issue of labour standards as a new non-tariff barrier to trade....

Discusses how far social dialogue is in dealing with the labour market consequences of the financial and economic crisis.