Examines successful cases of equality bargaining. The particular sites selected are: a retail bank with 27,000 employees, 63 per cent female; a food supermarket chain with almost 66,000 employees, 74 per cent female; non industrial civil service with 51 per cent female employees, and a city...

Based on data from Encuesta de hogares de 1996 del Direccion General de Estadistica, Encuestas y Censos (DGEEyC).

Based on data from 109 agreements, mainly in the engineering industry, discusses the trend to arrange flexible working schedules at plant level and the potential impact of these agreements on employment security and job creation.

Presents trends and estimates of the poor, near poor and middle class working population in developing Asia and the Pacific.

Provides an overview of what international labour standards mean for employers and managers. Covers freedom of association and the right to organize; collective bargaining; non-discrimination; forced labour; child labour; minimum wage rates; and occupational safety and health.

Examines how a minimum wage policy may be used as a tool to promote gender pay equity. Includes case studies of Argentina, Colombia and Mexico.

Analyses the role of small, medium and microenterprises in generating employment. Covers trends from the 1980s to 2000s.