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UN Sustainable Development Goals
Organizations relating to Employment Conditions
Nordiska Ergonomisällskapet / Est. 1969
Asociación Latinoamericana de Salud Ocupacional / Lima, Peru
European Workplace Drug Testing Society / Orbassano, Italy / Est. 1998
European Homeworking Group / Leeds, UK / Est. 1994
IMO Staff Association / London, UK / Est. 1969
South East Asian Network of Ergonomics Societies / Manila, Philippines / Est. 1984
European Network for Workplace Health Promotion / Fröndenberg, Germany / Est. 1995
Fundación Iberoamericana de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional / Buenos Aires, Argentina / Est. 2000
Federation of Staff Associations of United Nations and its Specialized Agencies in the Philippines / Makati, Philippines / Est. 1983
International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers / Washington DC, USA / Est. 1949
International Institute of Social History / Amsterdam, Netherlands / Est. 1935
Danish International Investment Funds / Copenhagen, Denmark
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers / Upper Marlboro MD, USA / Est. 1888
Jus Semper Global Alliance / Moorpark CA, USA / Est. 2002
European Federation for Living / Amsterdam, Netherlands / Est. 2005
Asian Domestic Workers' Union / Est. 1988
International Homework Office / Est. 1910
International Council for the Quality of Working Life
International Industrial Relations Institute / Est. 1925
ISWC International Agency / Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
European Study Group / Uxbridge, UK / Est. 1990
Living Tomorrow International / Vilvoorde, Belgium / Est. 1991
Laborers' International Union of North America / Washington DC, USA / Est. 1903
International Association for Worksite Health Promotion / Indianapolis IN, USA / Est. 2009
Sociedad Latinoamericana de Facility Management / Est. 2002
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
Convention Concerning Compulsory Invalidity Insurance for Persons Employed in Industrial or Commercial Undertakings, in the Liberal Professions, and for Outworkers and Domestic Servants / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1933
Convention Concerning the Restriction of Night Work of Children and Young Persons in Non-industrial Occupations / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1946
Convention Concerning Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery in Agriculture / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1951
Convention Concerning the Protection of Wages / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1949
Agreement on the Harmonisation of Fiscal Incentives to Industry / Est. 1973
Convention Concerning Working Conditions in Hotels, Restaurants and Similar Establishments / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1991
Convention Concerning Minimum Wage Fixing, with Special Reference to Developing Countries / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1970
Convention Respecting Reciprocity in the Granting of Benefits for Reduced Working Capacity / Est. 1953
Convention Concerning the Night Work of Young Persons Employed in Industry, 1948 / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1948
Acte de Clôture des Négociations sur les Effectifs des Forces Armées Conventionnelles en Europe / Est. 1992
Convention Concerning Paid Educational Leave / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1974
Convention Concerning Annual Leave with Pay for Seafarers / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1976
Convention Concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work in the Textile Industry / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1937
Convention Concerning the Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1996
Convention Concerning Compulsory Old-age Insurance for Persons Employed in Industrial or Commercial Undertakings, in the Liberal Professions, and for Outworkers and Domestic Servants / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1933
Third Protocol to the Central American Agreement on Fiscal Incentives to Industrial Development / Est. 1977
Convention Concerning Vacation Holidays with Pay for Seafarers, 1949 / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1949
Convention Limiting Hours of Work in Coal Mines, 1935 / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1935
Convention Concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work to Forty a Week / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1935
Convention Concerning Seafarers' Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1996
Convention Concerning Annual Holidays with Pay for Seamen, 1936 / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1936
Convention Concerning Night Work / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1990
Convention Concerning Employment and Conditions of Work and Life of Nursing Personnel / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1977
Convention Concerning the Inspection of Seafarers' Working and Living Conditions / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1996
View all profiles (209 total) in the Yearbook of International Organizations
World Problems relating to Employment Conditions
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialUnderpaid civil servants
Strikes
Abusive workplace surveillance
Unequal income distribution within countries
Excessive hours of work
Occupational stress
Stagnated development of agricultural production
Absence of agreed minimum wage
Student absenteeism
Perverse environmental subsidies
Discrimination against part-time work
Excessive salaries of corporate executives
Substance abuse at work
Drug abuse at work
Alcoholic intoxication at work
Denial of right to collective bargaining
Absenteeism
Unrepresentativeness of trade unions
Inadequate conditions of work in the textile industry
High severance pay for top managers
Evasion of social costs by companies
Vibrations as a health hazard
Lock-out
Discrimination against non-union workers
Disadvantages of homeworking employees
Action Strategies relating to Employment Conditions
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialCombatting sexual harassment in the workplace
Reducing wages
Guaranteeing minimum wage
Securing minimum wage limits for women
Preventing occupational accidents
Controlling employee absenteeism
Preempting
Working from home
Changing behaviour with incentives
Fostering altruism in the workplace
Improving working conditions of salaried employees
Changing wage structures
Protecting workers against excessive working hours
Promoting women's economic self-reliance
Regulating wages
Providing incentives to undertake conservation measures
Reducing working hours
Using economic instruments for sustainable development
Providing incentives for investment in forestry development in drylands
Improving earnings of workers
Extending working hours
Providing incentive conditions for production
Using centrally binding wage agreements
Using economic incentives to increase environmental performance standards
Eliminating abusive child labour
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