Friday, July 14, 2006
[IWS] ILO: The Global Challenges of Labour Inspection [online 12 July 2006]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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ILO
Workers' Activities
Labour Education 2005/3-4
No. 140-141
The Global Challenges of Labour Inspection [online 12 July 2006]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/publ/140/index.htm
or
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/publ/140/140.pdf
[full-text, 92 pages]
Contents --
Editorial V
The global challenges of labour inspection
Globalization, workplace and health, by Gerd Albracht 1
Shared interests: Unions and labour inspection,
by Bjørn Erikson and Ian Graham 9
Labour inspection and the informal economy, by José Luis Daza 15
Hard times for labour inspection, by Isabelle Hoferlin 22
Labour inspection in the regions
Labour inspection in Africa promoting worker rights,
by Sammy T. Nyambari 29
Labour inspection the Brazilian experience,
by Maria de Lourdes Moure 36
Providing a safe workplace the Singapore experience,
by Magdalene Chan and Ho Siong Hin 41
Labour inspection policies, practices and experiences in Australia,
by Michele Patterson 47
Occupational health and safety inspection in Western Europe:
Policies, practices and experiences, by Adrian F. Ellis 54
Labour inspection in Russia and the CIS, by Wiking Husberg 60
Integrated labour inspection systems
Integrated labour inspection systems: The strategy of the ILO,
by Gerd Albracht 67
The ten steps for strengthening labour inspection, by Bernd Treichel 74
The International Association of Labour Inspection,
by Jan Weismüller and Joshua A. Seidman-Zager 79
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
ILO
Workers' Activities
Labour Education 2005/3-4
No. 140-141
The Global Challenges of Labour Inspection [online 12 July 2006]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/publ/140/index.htm
or
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/publ/140/140.pdf
[full-text, 92 pages]
Contents --
Editorial V
The global challenges of labour inspection
Globalization, workplace and health, by Gerd Albracht 1
Shared interests: Unions and labour inspection,
by Bjørn Erikson and Ian Graham 9
Labour inspection and the informal economy, by José Luis Daza 15
Hard times for labour inspection, by Isabelle Hoferlin 22
Labour inspection in the regions
Labour inspection in Africa promoting worker rights,
by Sammy T. Nyambari 29
Labour inspection the Brazilian experience,
by Maria de Lourdes Moure 36
Providing a safe workplace the Singapore experience,
by Magdalene Chan and Ho Siong Hin 41
Labour inspection policies, practices and experiences in Australia,
by Michele Patterson 47
Occupational health and safety inspection in Western Europe:
Policies, practices and experiences, by Adrian F. Ellis 54
Labour inspection in Russia and the CIS, by Wiking Husberg 60
Integrated labour inspection systems
Integrated labour inspection systems: The strategy of the ILO,
by Gerd Albracht 67
The ten steps for strengthening labour inspection, by Bernd Treichel 74
The International Association of Labour Inspection,
by Jan Weismüller and Joshua A. Seidman-Zager 79
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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