Aims to assemble available information on the extent, nature and conditions of migrant women working as domestic servants in private households, especially working and living conditions, in selected countries (Italy, Spain, France, the UK, Venezuela and Middle Eastern countries). Includes...

Assesses the gender-differentiated impact of globalization in the past and the recent financial crisis on employment in the modern formal sector. Provides an economic assessment of the possible future of the formal labour market and suggests various policy options required for the adjustment...

Analyses the gender dimensions of the impact of the global economic crisis on the world of work, highlighting the overall higher vulnerabilities and insecurity of women's work than men's. Examines the gender-differentiated regional global and regional trends of unemployment and vulnerable...

Studies equal employment opportunities and integration into the labour market of migrant workers and ethnic minorities in four European countries.

Export processing zones (EPZs) or free zones as they are called in Malaysia have played an important role in promoting manufactured exports. The Malaysian Government enacted the Investment Incentive Act in 1968 to promote the growth and development of labour-intensive export-oriented...

Chronicles the efforts made by specific unions in Australia, Canada and the Netherlands to organize and assist homeworkers. It describes the strategies adopted by the unions in their work with homeworkers, as well as the rights and other positive results that have accrued to these workers...

Comprises five papers which explore how economic integration processes are affecting workers in the Caribbean region, focusing on the effects of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy. Examines labour laws implemented to minimise the negative effects of globalization and trade liberalization on...

Report of a meeting of representatives of European forestry contracting associations and contractors. Includes papers on the use of contract labour in European forestry, the organization and services of forestry contractors' associations, the management of health and safety in forestry, the...