Presents the major findings from the national survey into shift work and rostering arrangements conducted in February 2000. Covers trends from 1978 to 1998. Discusses the implications of these trends for working hours, occupational health and safety, family and community life, and industrial...

Analyses the economic contributions of multinational enterprises (MNEs) to the Namibian and Zimbabwean economies. Looks at certain social aspects and compares the volume, distribution and contributions of MNE capital to the two countries' economies before and after economic liberalization.

Examines the structural features and operational characteristics of the two EPZs, as well as their socio-economic consequences for the host country. The data analysed in this respect relate to the period covering the inception of the two EPZs, up to 1996 - Chittagong EPZ (1983 to 1996) and Dhaka...

ILO pub. Working paper on direct and indirect employment effects of multinational enterprises in export processing zones in Liberia and Ghana - covers ownership, foreign investment, tax incentives, foreign exchange, export earnings, employment creation, working conditions and labour relations....

Examines the renewed interest in tripartite cooperation in Kenya and identifies the main tripartite institutions, machinery and processes. Explores the challenges facing these institutions in fostering social dialogue and consensus building.

Resumen: este artículo muestra que Colombia parece tener niveles de salariomínimo e informalidad laboral mayores que los esperados de acuerdo con su ingreso per cápita, aunque no se encuentra entre los países de maxi salarios mínimos". La evidencia empírica descriptiva mostrada no parece...

Argues that achieving the ILO's decent work agenda requires that the conceptualization of employment be given a human face. Giving employment a human face will generate a richer intellectual perspective in which work is rooted in broader objectives than efficiency, and in which human rights and...