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December 2007 

• Trade union responses to globalization
  Significant developments are taking place as unions search for new ways of operating in a globalized world. Andrew Bibby reports on a new study.

August 2007 

• Spotlight on working time
  Nearly a century after adopting its first international standard on working time, a new ILO study estimates that one in five workers around the world – or over 600 million persons – are still working more than 48 hours a week, often merely to make ends meet.

April 2007 

• Can the European social model survive? Is flexicurity the answer?
  The search for a better combination of flexibility and security is a major challenge within the European Union, and not only in the accession countries. Two major new studies from the ILO look at different aspects of employment and working conditions.

December 2006 

• Microinsurance: The social finance and social protection nexus
  By helping low-income households manage risk, microinsurance can assist them to maintain a sense of financial confidence even in the face of significant vulnerability. ...

September 2006 

• An honest day's work? Considering the nebulous notion of today's work-life balance
  Atypical and unpredictable work schedules are on the rise worldwide, thanks to an ever-increasingly connected, responsive and demanding global economy. Consequently, work-life balance in industrialized countries is becoming a thing of the past. ...

April 2006 

• Taming the beast: A look at the many forms and guises of workplace violence
  When it comes to violence in the workplace, such as sexual harassment, bullying and threats, abuse of power and even murder, people are asking why it happens, and who can stop it. But violence is a ubiquitous shape shifter, lurking in formal and informal workplaces alike, and it is often hard to pinpoint its occurrence and its instigators. ...