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The deficit of decent work as a global problem of social and labor segment [PDF]

International Economic Policy, 2016
The overview of the current trends in social and labor segment globally and in the Ukrainian economy is provided. The crises in functioning of the social and labor segment as the forms of expression of the deficit of decent work were isolated.
Anatoliy Kolot, Oksana Herasymenko
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Participatory Training Activities in South Asia for Promoting Safety and Health in Informal Economy Workplaces—Roles of Trade Unions and Employer Organizations

Safety and Health at Work
Workers and employers in the informal economy are often outside the scope of legal frameworks of occupational safety and health (OSH) service in South Asia.
Tsuyoshi Kawakami
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China: Migrant Workers Want ‘Decent Work’

The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 2009
China now has a second generation of rural-to-urban migrant workers. An estimated eighty percent of these workers were born in the 1980s or after. Many of these young workers are unwilling to follow their parents in acquiescing to dirty, exhausting ...
Kate Hannan
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Decent Work and Work Motivation in Knowledge Workers: the Mediating Role of Psychological Capital [PDF]

, 2017
This article aimed to investigate the role of Decent Work as a predictor of different types of Work Motivation and to explore the possible role of Psychological Capital in mediating this relationship.
dos Santos, Nuno Rebelo, Ferraro, Tânia, Moreira, João Manuel, Pais, Leonor   +3 more
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Measuring Decent Work with Statistical Indicators [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2002
This paper aims to suggest how to measure 'decent work', a concept introduced by the Director General Juan Somavia of the International Labour Organization. Decent work is described as the "opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity." However, the problem lies in how
Anker, Richard, Chernyshev, Igor, Egger, Philippe, Mehran, Farhad, Ritter, Joseph   +4 more
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U.S. procurement and decent work [PDF]

, 2009
This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide.
International Labor Rights Forum, Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium   +1 more
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Social Dialogue for Decent Work [PDF]

, 2006
[Excerpt] This paper aims to develop usable indicators of the concept of social dialogue, as part of the ILO\u27s effort to develop operational measures of Decent Work. Section 1 examines the concept of social dialogue. Section 2 looks at past approaches
Kuruvilla, Sarosh
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Environmental sustainability and decent work [PDF]

World Employment and Social Outlook, 2018
The world of work is intrinsically related to the environment. 1.2 billion jobs depend on services provided by the environment. Some countries have seen their economies grow and their emissions decline. Hours of work will decline by 2 percent by 2030 due to heat stress.
Nicolas Maitre, Guillermo Montt
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Globalization and Decent Work, Options for Panama [PDF]

, 2002
An analysis of economic trends in Panama, including the effects of trade liberalization and poverty on employment and child ...
Egger, Phillip
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THE DECENTERING OF LENSES FOR NEAR WORK. [PDF]

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1902
The ideal position of lenses, when there is perfect muscle adjustment of the eyes, is such that the visual axes may cut their optical centers, and that the planes of the lenses may be parallel with the equatorial planes of the eyes. When the visual axes cut the optical centers of the lenses there can be no prismatic effect; and when the plane of the ...
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