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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451227603321

Autore

Bradley Harriet

Titolo

Young people in Europe : Labour markets and citizenship

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy Press, Jan. 2009

©Jan. 2009

ISBN

1-4473-0437-3

1-281-15955-7

9786611159559

1-84742-125-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

362.94

Soggetti

Social Science - Sociology - General

Business & Economics - Careers - General

Youth - Europe

Youth - Employment

Electronic books.

Europe Social Conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; YOUNG PEOPLE IN EUROPE - Labour markets and citizenship; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Introduction; The structure of the book; Part One: The reconstruction of youth citizenship; ONE - Youth in the labour market: citizenship or exclusion?; TWO - Social protection policies for young people: a cross-national comparison; Part Two: Changing labour markets: inclusion and exclusion; THREE - Young people and their contemporary labour market values; FOUR - Youth unemployment and job-seeking behaviour in Europe

FIVE - Winners and losers: young people in the 'new economy'SIX - Young people in the labour market in Hungary and Slovenia: problems and perspectives; SEVEN - Excluded youth or young citizens? Ethnicity, young people and the labour market in three EU countries; EIGHT - Activation or alienation: youth unemployment within different European



welfare communities; Part Three: Policy options; NINE - Vocational education and the integration of young people in the labour market: the case of the Netherlands; TEN - Young people's transitions between education and the labour market: the Italian case

ELEVEN - Integration into work through active labour market policies in different welfare state regimesCONCLUSION - Fractured transitions: the changing context of young people's labour market situations in Europe; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Annotation

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781579003321

Autore

Casale Giuseppe

Titolo

The fundamentals of labour administration [[electronic resource] /] / Giuseppe Casale and A. Sivananthiran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, Switzerland, : International Labor Organization, 2010

ISBN

92-2-123000-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (110 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SivananthiranA

Disciplina

354.9

Soggetti

Labor bureaus

Public administration

Labor laws and legislation

Industrial relations

Work environment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographfical references (p. 89-91).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half title page; Title page; Copyright information; CONTENTS; Preface; List of figures; Figure 1 Summary of the key areas of labour administration, as set out in Recommendation No. 158; Figure 2 Structural chart showing organization of a typical ministry of labour, in simplified form; List of boxes; Box 1 European consolidation of anti-discriminatory legislation; Box 2 The National Economic Development and Labour Council in South Africa; Box 3 Collective bargaining in the public sector in South Africa



Box 4 The Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Services (ACAS) in the United KingdomBox 5 How does working time affect health?; Box 6 Collective agreement on part-time work in France; Box 7 Welfare funds for groups of workers in India; Box 8 Computerizing data for labour inspections; Box 9 The Hong Kong Interactive Employment Service (IES); Box 10 The roles and functions of departments at central level; Box 11 Field services; Box 12 Formalization of the unorganized sector in India; Box 13 The formalization of small and micro enterprises in Peru; List of abbreviations

1 INTRODUCTION TO LABOURADMINISTRATIONWhat is labour administration?; Decent work, labour administration and the ILO; 2 THE INTERNATIONAL LEGALFRAMEWORK FOR LABOURADMINISTRATION; International labour standards and the background to Convention No. 150; The main elements of Convention No. 150; The main elements of Recommendation No. 158; General provisions; The system of labour administration; Adequate resources and suitably qualified staff; The organization of the system of labour administration; 3 LABOUR LEGISLATION; Introduction; The ILO and labour law reform

The importance of labour legislation for labouradministrationThe scope of labour legislation; Labour law and the informal economy; Security of employment; Employment equity and elimination of discrimination; Discrimination against workers with HIV/AIDS; Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining; Law enforcement and the rule of law; 4 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; Introduction; Convention No. 150 and industrial relations; Industrial relations departments and their functions; Collective bargaining; Industrial relations departments and gender equality

Labour relations in the public sectorSettlement of labour disputes; Conciliation and mediation; Arbitration; Preventive mediation practices; Tripartism and social dialogue; Appropriate institutional and administrative support; 5 WORKING CONDITIONS; Subjects covered by international labour standards; Achieving decent working conditions; Selected international labour standards and working conditions; Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919 (No. 1); Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29); Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95)

Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 97)

Sommario/riassunto

A well-coordinated, professional and efficient labour administration machinery is essential to the effective governance of the labour market. This book will be an invaluable resource for labour administrators, labour inspectors, conciliators, employment service officials, governments, workers, employers, researchers and professionals.