Working Conditions in a Global Perspective.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Office, International Labour.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor.

Quality of work life.

Work.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Genève 22 : International Labour Organisation (ILO), 2019.

Summary:

The International Labour Organization and the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions partnered to produce this report, which gives a comparative overview of results from the most recent surveys on working conditions available, covering approximately 1.2 billion of the world's workers.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Executive summary

Part 1

Chapter 1: Introduction: Monitoring working conditions

About this report

Measuring working conditions in the world

Short history of working conditions surveys

The challenge of capturing 'real work' situations

Relationship between work and health

Women and men at work

Measuring job quality

Policy relevance of working conditions surveys

Chapter 2: Comparative overview

Introduction

Looking through the lens of job quality

Economies and labour markets

Portrait of the workforce

Physical environment

Exposure to posture-related risks

Exposure to ambient risks

Exposure to biological and chemical risks

Key findings on exposure to physical risks

Work intensity

Pace determinants and interdependency

Quantitative demands

Emotional demands

Key findings

Working time quality

Duration

Atypical working time

Working time arrangements

Work-life balance and working time

The social environment

Management quality

Social support

Experience of adverse social behaviour at the workplace

Skills and discretion

Learning at work

Training

Decision latitude

Worker participation in organisational decisions that affect their work

Prospects

Career prospects

Job insecurity and downsizing

Earnings

Conclusions

Part 2

Chapter 3: European Union

Labour market overview

Policies and laws governing the labour market, working conditions and employment

Dimensions of job quality

Social environment

Perspectives on working life

Career and employment security.

Engagement and motivation

Health and well-being

Work-life balance

Sustainable work

Chapter 4: China

Hukou

Self-reported health

Mental health status

Chapter 5: Republic of Korea

Chapter 6: Turkey

Health at work

Chapter 7: United States

Policies and laws governing labour market, working conditions and employment

Meaningful work

Chapter 8: Central America

Introduction.

Labour market overview

Mental health status and work-life balance

Chapter 9: Argentina

Chapter 10: Chile

Chapter 11: Uruguay

Part 3

Chapter 12: Conclusions

Improving job quality

Sustaining and expanding data collection

Bibliography

Annexes

Annex 1: Comparative overview of the working conditions surveys.

Annex 2: Job quality coverage in questionnaires - a comparative analysis.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9789221329343

9221329348

OCLC:

1314611747