Workers’ Health and Safety

Child Labour in Industrial Outworker Households in India

Is precarious employment more damaging to women’s health than men’s?

Social Protection and Inclusion: Experiences and Policy Issues

Gathering Occupational Health Data from Informal Workers: The Brazilian Experience

Abstract: This study describes how occupational health data have been gathered by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) to provide morbidity...

Hierarchies of Care Work in South Africa: Nurses, Social Workers and Home-based Care Workers

Occupational Health and Safety and the Poorest

Occupationally related injury and illness is a major, but largely under-explored, potential source of worker vulnerability. This study investigates...

Long-term injury related disability in Ghana

Health Conditions of Recyclable Waste Pickers

Abstract: The presence of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among vulnerable populations is a rarely discussed subject. Thus, the...

Participatory Training to Improve Safety and Health in Small Construction Sites in Some Countries in Asia: Development and Application of the WISCON Training Program

Abstract: A participatory training program, Work Improvement in Small Construction Sites, was developed to provide practical support measures...

Unprotected Labour: What Role for Unions in the Informal Economy?

Articles include:InterviewInformal work: From concept to action, by Christine NathanInformal work: Concept and definitionWork, law and the...