Employment and labour law: general

The reach of free movement within the EU Internal Market and what constitutes a restriction are the topics of this book.

Migration and Decent Work: Challenges for the Global South takes a journey through nine countries in the global South-from Mexico to India to Argentina to Turkey-to explore the relationship between migration and work from a human rights perspective.

This book discusses the increasing use of contract labour in India that has accompanied attempts to liberalise the economy.

Tajikistan and other countries in Central Asia, such as Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, are striving to align technical and vocational education and training (TVET) with their economic realities.

New and emerging technologies under Industry 4.

The global employment and skills landscape is changing fast in the fourth industrial revolution.

Asia and the Pacific has a significant rise in migration: about one in three migrants comes from Asia according to the United Nations.

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Asian Development Bank's Administrative Tribunal, this publication presents essays written by judges and international experts in labor mediation and arbitration.

The future of Indonesia's economy lies in the hands of its young entrepreneurs.

The future of Indonesia's economy lies in the hands of its young entrepreneurs.

Gender equality is guaranteed in the legal and policy framework in Tajikistan, but its implementation faces challenges, especially in rural areas.

Uzbekistan has achieved sustained growth through its gradual transition to a market-based economy through cautious economic policy reforms.

Persistent skills shortages have constrained new investments and economic growth in Sri Lanka.

This report examines the impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on labor markets in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam.

Empowered Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka's development policy document, envisions reorienting the country toward a modern and high-value-adding economy that is able to compete in the global market.

Over the past decade, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) signed Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs) in seven occupations, all designed to facilitate professional mobility within the region.

Governments and nonstate actors around the world have signed mutual recognition arrangements (MRAs), but while most of them share the goals of streamlining the recognition of foreign workers' qualifications and boosting labor mobility, the MRAs vary considerably.

The goal of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) of encouraging intraregional mobility must be understood in the context of changing population dynamics, rising educational levels and aspirations, and increasingly dynamic---if complex---economic forces.

Infrastructure projects sometimes physically displace households and disrupt income sources and livelihoods.

This publication seeks to explain the nature of settlements termed "e;urban villages"e; as set within the context of growing levels of urbanization in contemporary Pacific towns and cities.

The urban metabolism framework maps the activities of cities from their consumption of materials, the different activities associated with those processes, and the wastes produced.

The OECD's Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) represents a comprehensive international comparative assessment of the information processing skills of adults vital for the full participation in social and economic life in the 21st century.

Over recent years, Bulgaria has shown great willingness to reform its vocational education and training (VET).

COVID-19 is likely to leave long-lasting effects on local labour markets.

This report comes at a time when policy makers are challenged by the COVID-19 crisis that is generating a profound reflection on economic and social well-being.

Skills are the key to shaping a better future and central to the capacity of countries and people to thrive in an increasingly interconnected and rapidly changing world.

Recruiting and retaining skilled staff is a long-standing challenge for the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector.

Canada has not only the largest in terms of numbers, but also the most elaborate and longest-standing skilled labour migration system in the OECD.

Local vocational education and training programmes serve as a valuable educational pathway to improve the transition from school to work.

This report provides a snapshot of the policy actions being taken by OECD, EU and G20 countries in response to growing diversity in forms of employment, with the aim of encouraging peer learning where countries are facing similar issues.

Digitalisation is transforming the world of work and societies, and creating opportunities to learn and develop skills in new ways, times and places.

This OECD Skills Strategy Implementation Guidance report presents a model for the segmentation of the adult learning population in Flanders, which resulted in the identification of nine representative learner profiles.

Collective bargaining and workers' voice are often discussed in the past rather than in the future tense, but can they play a role in the context of a rapidly changing world of work?

One in seven working age adults identifies as having a disability in OECD countries.

Skills are the key to shaping a better future and central to the capacity of countries and people to thrive in an increasingly interconnected and rapidly changing world.

COVID-19 has led to a labour market shock in Canada and is likely to generate a profound reflection on production and consumption habits.

Today, the global youth population is at its highest ever and still growing, with the highest proportion of youth living in Africa and Asia, and a majority of them in rural areas.

Functional areas such as integrated local labour markets exist across countries' entire national territory.

Recruiting and retaining skilled staff is a long-standing challenge for the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector.

Skills are the key to shaping a better future and central to the capacity of countries and people to thrive in an increasingly interconnected and rapidly changing world.

All OECD economies are undergoing rapid population ageing, leading to more age diversity in workplaces than ever before as people are not only living longer but working longer.

Skills are the key to shaping a better future and central to the capacity of countries and people to thrive in an increasingly interconnected and rapidly changing world.

Economies and societies are undergoing digital transformations that bring both opportunities and challenges and countries' preparedness to seize the benefits of a digital world is largely dependent on the skills of their population.

Functional areas such as integrated local labour markets exist across countries' entire national territory.

COVID-19 is testing the Basque Country's (Spain) resilience.

This report assesses women's access to justice and women's political participation in parliament, local councils and civil society organisations in Colombia.

Lifelong learning is key if individuals are to succeed in labour markets and societies shaped by megatrends such as increases in life expectancy, rapid technological changes, globalisation, migration, environmental changes and digitalisation, as well as sudden shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic.

After a long period of employment growth that led to the lowest unemployment rate since the German reunification, Berlin's labour market is now tightening.

This report on Bulgaria is the eighth country study published in a series of reports looking into how policies connect people with jobs.

Skills are the key to shaping a better future and central to the capacity of countries and people to thrive in an increasingly interconnected and rapidly changing world.