Presents findings of a study of construction workers in a low income settlement on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Finds that workers are predominantly employed on a casual or temporary basis without contracts, and with unregulated terms and conditions of employment; workers have no protection...

Case study prepared to analyse trends in regions with the highest concentration of tobacco employment in selected countries. Focuses on trends in tobacco production, consumption, and trade; the numbers of workers in the different sub-sectors, with emphasis on growing, processing and manufacturing;...

Includes a list of relevant ILO Conventions.

Provides an overview through five country snapshots of three key parameters for greater use of information and communication technologies (ICT) by teachers in primary and secondary classrooms and in tertiary institutions: social dialogue mechanisms, initial teacher education and continual...

Case study prepared to analyse trends in regions with the highest concentration of tobacco employment in selected countries. Focuses on trends in tobacco production, consumption, and trade; the numbers of workers in the different sub-sectors, with emphasis on growing, processing and manufacturing;...

This paper examines the patterning of exposures to occupational hazards in relation to occupational skill level as a proxy for pay rate, testing the general hypothesis that exposures to occupational hazards increase in prevalence with decreasing skill level. A population-based telephone survey...

La crise du modèle taylorien-fordien a provoqué (et a été provoquée par) des flux d’innovation et des changements, quelquefois profonds, souvent irréversibles, tant dans les domaines de la technologie, que dans ceux de l’organisation des entreprises, des activités des individus, du...

This paper provides a mapping of quality of work and measures its evolution between 1995 and 2005 by using European Working Conditions Surveys. With a multilevel modelling, we assess the sensitivity of observed trends to "composition effects" and "country effects". Results suggest a decreasing...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss how to improve business competitiveness for Japanese subcontract parts manufacture (SPM, parts manufacturers subcontract lending figure) through the rise of corporate brand image and the improvement of employees' motivation. In order to get rid of the...