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Proactive Involvement of Local Population in Oil Spill Incidents: Gauging The Potential Of Informal Information Networks
Thanopoulou, Helen; Ventikos, Nikolaos; Georgoulis, George - In: SPOUDAI Journal of Economics and Business 64 (2014) 2, pp. 50-63
distributed to residents of a major maritime Greek island with a large number of active or retired seafarers. Questionnaire data …
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Promoting and Developing Seafarers’ Welfare under the Maritime Labour Convention: A Research Agenda
Progoulaki, Maria; Katradi, Aikaterini; Theotokas, Ioannis - In: SPOUDAI Journal of Economics and Business 63 (2013) 3-4, pp. 75-82
Seafarers' welfare is becoming a major issue for the international maritime community. This paper aims at examining the … effect of welfare interventions onboard and ashore in the development and promotion of seafarers’ well-being. For this, it …
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Earnings Differentials of Seafarers
Talley, Wayne - In: Journal of Labor Research 28 (2007) 3, pp. 515-524
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European Institutional and Organisational Tools for Maritime Human Resources Development
Cristina, Dragomir - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XII (2012) 2, pp. 160-164
Seafarers need to continuously develop their career, at all stages of their professional life. This paper presents some …
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Seafarers’ Employment Procedures in Crewing Companies
Cristina, Dragomir; Simona, Utureanu - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XII (2012) 3, pp. 44-44
This paper presents the case-study of seafarers’ employment procedures applied at a Romanian crewing company. The …
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Square pegs in round holes? leave periods and role displacement in UK-based seafaring families
Thomas, Michelle; Bailey, Nicholas - In: Work, Employment & Society 20 (2006) 1, pp. 129-149
relationships and family life. Drawing on data collected through in-depth interviews with seafarers and their partners, it considers … masculine identity and explore and contrast the experiences of seafarers at home on leave to that of unemployed men. The article … unemployed men and their families. While seafarers do not lose their ‘breadwinner’ role, they experience considerable …
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Task Force - ein Gutachten zu Beschäftigungspolitik, Altersvorsorge und Sozialstandards in Ostasien
Derichs, Claudia; Heberer, Thomas - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität … - 2001
Altersvorsorge in Singapur; und Sozialstandards in der VR China. Die AutorInnen analysieren die Gegebenheiten in Ostasien aus der …
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Indicators of labour standards : an overview and comparison
Block, Richard N - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2005
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...
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Rags or riches? Phasing-out the Multi-Fibre Arrangement
Heerden, Auret van; Berhouet, Prieto; Caspari, Cathrine - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2003
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....
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Implementation of the labour standards enforcement framework in the Philippines
Hirose, Kenichi; Vitasa, Benjamin - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2007
Reviews the experiences and lessons learned from the implementation of the Labor Standards Enforcement Framework launched by the Department of Labor and Employment of the Philippines in 2004.
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