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The World Bank Group (WBG) has signalled that its annual flagship 'Doing Business' report, which rates countries' regulatory and business environments, will contain significant revisions to the labour market indicators that were seen as favouring deregulated labour markets by many critics including the ILO and international trade unions. Instead, the WBG states it will 'accord favourable scores to worker protection policies that comply with the letter and spirit of the relevant ILO Conventions'. |
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 The Spring edition of Ergon's focus on labour has been published. It includes articles on: the effect of economic downturn on migrant workers rights; labour standards incorporation in public procurement in the EU; managing labour rights in relation to sub-contractors in construction.
It also looks at labour standards in Morocco, the labour rights dimension of the new Fairtrade standard on small holders and sets out useful resources on responsible restructuring and retrenchment. As usual, focus on labour also covers news from the field of labour rights. Click here to download |
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 The European Commission Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities has published a report produced by Ergon looking at EU Member States and International Institutions bilateral co-operation and decent work in relation to 10 partner countries.
The nine-month study examined bilateral and other interventions in the area of decent work between the EU and EU member states and relevant regional and international organisations (among them the EU, ILO, UNDP, WHO, World Bank, EBRD, ADB) and selected emerging economies and strategic partners of the EU, namely China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Russia, Ukraine, Morocco, South Africa and Indonesia. Click here to download the report directly (PDF format) |
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 Ergon has undertaken a literature review for the Expert Panel on Social, Environmental and Economic Performance (SEEP) of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) on the Social Impacts of Global Cotton Production.
This review provides a detailed picture of the information sources available on the ‘social impacts’ of cotton cultivation in ten major cotton-growing countries: China, India, USA, Pakistan, Brazil, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Greece, Syria and Burkina Faso. ‘Social impacts’ include both ‘positive’ impacts relating to the role of cotton production in creating jobs and supporting livelihoods, and ‘negative’ impacts relating to illegal or unsustainable labour practices.
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 A good practice note on 'Family friendly working and work-life balance' has been published by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Authored by Ergon, the note sets out the case for family friendly working practices and includes examples of good practice, as well as a summary of the legislative framework covering maternity and paternity rights in countries of EBRD operation.
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