Cover -- Half title page -- Title page -- Copyright information -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- List of figures -- Figure 1 Summary of the key areas of labour administration, as set out in Recommendation No. 158 -- Figure 2 Structural chart showing organization of a typical ministry of labour, in simplified form -- List of boxes -- Box 1 European consolidation of anti-discriminatory legislation -- Box 2 The National Economic Development and Labour Council in South Africa -- Box 3 Collective bargaining in the public sector in South Africa -- Box 4 The Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Services (ACAS) in the United Kingdom -- Box 5 How does working time affect health? -- Box 6 Collective agreement on part-time work in France -- Box 7 Welfare funds for groups of workers in India -- Box 8 Computerizing data for labour inspections -- Box 9 The Hong Kong Interactive Employment Service (IES) -- Box 10 The roles and functions of departments at central level -- Box 11 Field services -- Box 12 Formalization of the unorganized sector in India -- Box 13 The formalization of small and micro enterprises in Peru -- List of abbreviations -- 1 INTRODUCTION TO LABOUR ADMINISTRATION -- What is labour administration? -- Decent work, labour administration and the ILO -- 2 THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR LABOUR ADMINISTRATION -- International labour standards and the background to Convention No. 150 -- The main elements of Convention No. 150 -- The main elements of Recommendation No. 158 -- General provisions -- The system of labour administration -- Adequate resources and suitably qualified staff -- The organization of the system of labour administration -- 3 LABOUR LEGISLATION -- Introduction -- The ILO and labour law reform -- The importance of labour legislation for labouradministration -- The scope of labour legislation -- Labour law and the informal economy.

Security of employment -- Employment equity and elimination of discrimination -- Discrimination against workers with HIV/AIDS -- Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining -- Law enforcement and the rule of law -- 4 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS -- Introduction -- Convention No. 150 and industrial relations -- Industrial relations departments and their functions -- Collective bargaining -- Industrial relations departments and gender equality -- Labour relations in the public sector -- Settlement of labour disputes -- Conciliation and mediation -- Arbitration -- Preventive mediation practices -- Tripartism and social dialogue -- Appropriate institutional and administrative support -- 5 WORKING CONDITIONS -- Subjects covered by international labour standards -- Achieving decent working conditions -- Selected international labour standards and working conditions -- Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919 (No. 1) -- Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) -- Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) -- Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 97) -- Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) -- Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) -- Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) -- Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) -- Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156) -- Termination of Employment Convention, 1982 (No. 158) -- Part-Time Work Convention, 1994 (No. 175) -- Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) -- Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) -- Conditions of work for workers in the informal economy -- HIV/AIDS in the workplace -- 6 LABOUR INSPECTION -- Introduction -- ILO Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) -- The changing role of the labour inspectorate.

Challenges facing the labour inspection system -- Adequate numbers of inspectors -- Coordination in the labour inspection system -- Lack of a labour inspection policy to drive the labour inspectionprocess -- Labour inspection in the informal economy -- Migration -- Child labour -- HIV/AIDS at the workplace -- Forced labour -- Databases and record keeping -- Occupational safety and health (OSH) -- Training of staff and clients -- Voluntary monitoring systems -- 7 EMPLOYMENT -- Introduction -- A national labour policy -- Why employment-related services are important forlabour administration -- The role of enterprises in job creation -- The main labour administration functions inemployment policy -- Public employment services -- Producing and analysing labour market information -- Active labour market policies (ALMPs) and trainingprogrammes -- 8 RESEARCH FOR PLANNING AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT -- Introduction -- Categories of labour statistics -- Challenges in data collection and publication -- Problems of definition -- Measures for improving the quality of research -- Use of information technology and developing a digital labour information system -- Training and capacity-building of research personnel -- 9 ORGANIZATION OF A NATIONAL SYSTEM OF LABOUR ADMINISTRATION -- Introduction -- The structure and organization of labour ministries -- The organization of central administration -- Coordination -- 10 RECENT TRENDS IN LABOUR ADMINISTRATION -- Introduction -- Active labour market policies -- Labour administration and the informal economy -- Strengthening and modernizing labour inspectionservices -- Labour administration and labour migration -- 11 CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING -- Back cover.