Workers’ Health and Safety

Report of the Working Group on Occupational Safety and Health for the 12th Five Year Plan, 2012-2017

Neglect of Sewage Workers: Concerns about the New Act

The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013 does not give the same rights to those who manually...

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...

Help Wanted: Abuses Against Female Domestic Workers in Indonesia and Malaysia

A comparative analysis of paid leave for the health needs of workers and their families around the world

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Occupational Health & Safety for Indigenous Caterers in Accra, Ghana

The Constitutional Parameters of New York State’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

Pesticide Health and Safety Challenges Facing Informal Sector Workers: A Case of Small-scale Agricultural Workers in Tanzania

Abstract: The Tanzania informal sector is growing fast, with precarious working conditions and particular hazards for women and children...

The Welfare Fund Model of Social Security for Informal Sector Workers: The Kerala Experience

CDS Working Paper, No. 332

What is a Human-Rights Based Approach to Health and Does it Matter?Health and Human Rights

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