Theme: Public and Workplace Services

Extending Health and Safety to Informal Workers: A Photo Essay

Introduction: There is great diversity in the informal economy—of occupation, place of work, status in employment, extent of regulation,...

Minor Psychiatric Disorders Among Brazilian Ragpickers: A Cross-Sectional Study

Unprotected Migrants: Zimbabweans in South Africa’s Limpopo Province

Health Hazards and Labour Laws in Bangladesh: A Narrative-based Study on Women Garment Workers

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A Participatory Model for Improving Occupational Health and Safety: Improving Informal Sector Working Conditions in ThailandInternational Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the implementation of an Occupational Health and Safety Management Model for informal sector workers...

Informal jobs and non-fatal occupational injuriesAnnals of Occupational Hygiene

Objectives: In Brazil, workers without a formal job contract represent approximately half of the labor force but there are no official statistics...

Social Protection and Inclusion: Experiences and Policy Issues

Health Risks and Informal Employment in South Africa: Does Formality Protect Health?International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

The association between work and health has not been well explored in the context of economically developing countries, largely due to inadequate...

Extending Occupational Health and Safety to Urban Street Vendors: Reflections From a Project in Durban, South Africa

Abstract: This article focuses on an action-research project which is attempting to extend occupational health and safety to a group of street...

Better OHS for Market Traders and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

This is a summary of a case study by Tony Dzidzinyo Dogbe and Suki Annan.