Region: Europe & Central Asia

Working in Large Food Retailers in France and the USA: The Key Role of InstitutionsWork Employment & Society

Abstract: Despite numerous similarities between the food retail sectors of France and the USA, there are significant contrasts in the jobs,...

Challenges and Experiences in Organizing Home-Based Workers in Bulgaria

The Home-Based Workers’ Association in Bulgaria is an extraordinary example of how informal women workers have managed to build a strong...

Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies

This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...

Promote industrial relations in the domestic work sector in Europe

The present report contains the results of research conducted between May and November 2014 for the EFFAT project “Promote industrial relations...

Informal Employment: Rethinking Workforce Development

Bath and North East Somerset Council Street Trading Policy, 2005

The Council’s street trading policy is to create a street trading environment which complements premises-based trading, is sensitive to the...

Bristol City Council Draft Street Trading Policy

Bristol City Councils draft policy regulating street trade in certain parts of the city

Decent Work for Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains Platform of Demands

Advocacy MaterialThousands of homeworkers contributed, directly or indirectly, to the demands contained in this Platform.

Eastleigh Borough Local Government Street Trading Policy, 2006

This document highlights the conditions for the consent of Street Trading Licenses in Eastleigh Borough

Russia’s Workforce Development Study of the Global Policy Network

Independent Institute for Social Policy,  Workforce Development Study Conference, Johannesburg