ILO pub. Article on occupational safety in mines and the importance of safety training for miners - reviews the factors on which improved safety depends (incl. Regulation, enforcement and research by the authorities, increased automation, and the establishment of safety committees), describes...

ILO pub. Article viewing proposals for the combination of profit sharing and workers stock ownership as leading to socialism and the end of freedom of association in Sweden - sketches the content of various proposals for wage earnear funds, and concludes that results would spell the abolition of...

Examines whether labour productivity and industrial competitiveness are affected by legislation on dismissals, atypical contracts of employment and unemployment benefits.

ILO pub. Article on community law (EC international law) regulating equal opportunity for men and women in statutory and occupational social security schemes - discusses emoluments under article 119 of the Treaty of Rome, existing inequalities (e.g. Exclusion of woman workers from certain...

Reviews the past, present and projected development of the social security system of China.

ILO pub. Article on voluntarist labour relations trends and issues in Hong Kong - provides comparisons with the system in the UK, discusses the historical background, labour legislation enactments since 1968, impact on collective bargaining and trade union membership, etc., and suggests a...

Provides guidance on procedures and methodology to assess attributability of cancer to occupational exposure to ionizing radiation and to assist decision making regarding compensation of workers occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation below the relevant dose limits who developed cancer. It...

ILO pub. Article on the role of ILO in promoting and supervising the application of ILO Conventions nos. 87 and 98 concerning freedom of association - discusses provisions of the conventions, their implementation in various member countries, etc., and refers to relevant trade union rights....