Employment relationships in retail commerce and their impact on decent work and competitiveness: issues paper for discussion at the Global Dialogue Forum on Employment Relationships in Retail Commerce and their Impact on Decent Work and Competitiveness (Geneva 2015)

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ILO

2005

Abstract

conditions of employment

retail trade

employment

working conditions

labour relations

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Title: Employment relationships in retail commerce and their impact on decent work and competitiveness; issues paper for discussion at the Global Dialogue Forum on Employment Relationships in Retail Commerce and their Impact on Decent Work and Competitiveness (Geneva 2015)
Contributors: International Labour Organization. Sectoral Activities Department
Publisher: ILO; Geneva
Date published: 2005
Language: English
Asset Type: background paper
Record Identifier: 995264904302676
Table of contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Factors and trends underlying employment relationships in retail commerce -- 3. Employment in the retail trade in selected countries -- 4. Career prospects and employment security -- 5. Working-time arrangements -- 6. Transitions between different employment statuses -- 7. Skills and training -- 8. Initiatives by governments and social partners -- 9. Effects of diversified employment relationships on workers and enterprises' -- 10. How might ILO sector constituents respond to the diversification of the employment relationship?