This report describes over 50 cases of companies in 11 Member States that have adopted measures to support their employees with care responsibilities for disabled children or adults. Key initiatives by companies include: various types of leave; reduced working hours; and such supportive measures...

Women, work and cotton manufacturing -- Organising the factory : manufacturers choices -- The choices for work in textile communities -- Millwork : pay, work and equity -- A time to work -- Collective action -- Gender, health and working conditions -- Womens impact on industrial development :...

The American population is aging and changes in the population's age structure are leading to an aging of the nation's workforce. In addition, changes to age specific participation rates are exacerbating the aging of the national labor force. An important challenge for firms and organizations is...

Introduction. Situating Walmart in a global context : workplace cultures, industrial relations and supply chains / Carolina Bank Munoz, Bridget Kenny, and Antonio Stecher -- Wal-mart in Brazil : from global diffusion to national institutional embeddedness? / Katiuscia Moreno Galhera, Scott B....

The American population is aging and changes in the population’s age structure are leading to an aging of the nation’s workforce. In addition, changes to age specific participation rates are exacerbating the aging of the national labor force. An important challenge for firms and...