Theme: Public and Workplace Services

‘Good jobs’ and hidden costs: Women workers documenting the price of precarious employmentGender and Development

Summary:This article describes the precarious terms and conditions of employment experienced by millions of women working in global supply...

Regulating supply-chains to address the occupational health and safety problems associated with precarious employment: The case of home-based clothing workers in AustraliaAustralian Journal of Labour Law

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Health Insurance in India: The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana

This policy brief explores the challenges faced by India’s poor workers in using the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), the largest...

Turkey Seen Through the Prism of Occupational Diseases

It is hard to diagnose and recognise an occupational disease (OD) because the diagnosis must prove the occupational factors which caused...

The Political Economy of Social Policy and Social Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Childcare Initiative Summary Report – Hindi

कामकाजी गरीब से संबंधित छह सदस्य-आधारित संगठनों (MBOs) से असंगठित महिला श्रमिकों और बच्चों की देखभाल पर शोध निष्कर्षों का सारांश

Childcare from the perspective of women informal workers

Early Childhood Matters aims to elevate key issues, spread awareness of promising solutions to support holistic child development and explore...

Informal jobs and non-fatal occupational injuries

An analytical framework and tool (‘InteRa’) for integrating the informal recycling sector in waste and resource management systems in developing countries

Abstract: In low- and middle-income developing countries, the informal (collection and) recycling sector (here abbreviated IRS) is an important,...

Social Security and the Changing Labour Market: Access for Non-standard and Informal Workers in South Africa