This global report updates the current knowledge of the status and progress of maternity legislation around the world, providing a comprehensive review of national legislative provisions for maternity protection in 167 member States, with a particular focus on how well countries' provisions...

Part I. Why give priority to children in hazardous work? -- Part II. Knowledge and practice: What I have learned? -- Part III. A framework for integrating action and policy -- Conclusion: yes, but what can I do

The adoption of new international labour standards on domestic work (Convention No. 189 and its accompanying Recommendation No. 201) by the ILO at its 100th International Labour Conference in June 2011 represents a key milestone on the path to the realization of decent work for domestic workers....

"This groundbreaking book examines the growing phenomenon of internships and the policy issues they raise, during a time when internships or traineeships have become an important way of transitioning from education into paid work."

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Main results; 2.1 Results by form of forced labour; 2.2 Results by sex and age group of victims of forced labour; 2.3 Results by region; 2.4 Results by migration of the victims; 2.5 Can the 2012 and 2005...

Work-related stress is one of the most important issues in many countries. The negative impacts of stress are multiform and can include circulatory and gastrointestinal diseases as well as physical, psychosomatic and psycho-social problems. These in turn can lead to poor work performance, high...