The evolution of employment, working time and training in the mining industry : report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting on the Evolution of Employment, Working Time and Training in the Mining Industry, Geneva 2002 / International Labour Organization, Sectoral Activities Programme
- Bib ID:
- 2426903
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- Tripartite Meeting on the Evolution of Employment, Working Time and Training in the Mining Industry (2002 : Geneva, Switzerland)
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- Description:
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- Geneva : International Labour Office, c2002
- vi, 83 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9221132234
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Introduction 1
- Context and outline of the report.
- Background to the Meeting
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Evolution of employment 3
- Fewer mine workers 3
- Structure of the workforce 5
- Restructuring of themining industry 5
- Evolution of employment in selected countries 7
- Workforce reductions to continue? 10
- Dealing with retrenchment 10
- Contract work 12
- Women in mining 14
- Social dialogue and employment 16
- 2. Evolution of working time 17
- Working time 17
- Working time in Australian mines 20
- Shift lengths and patterns 21
- Implications for work and family 22
- Implications for local communities 24
- Working time inS outh African mines 26
- Working time and shift work 28
- Shift work design 29
- Working time and an ageing workforce 32
- W orkingtime and fatigue 33
- The performance impairment effect of fatigue 34
- Dealing with fatigue 35
- Working time and safety and health 36
- Fatigue and safety 37
- What to do? 39
- Social dialogue and working time 40
- 3. Evolution of training 43
- Training and learning 43
- Basic education: The road to employ ability 44
- Functional illiteracy: A wide spread problem 44
- Imparting the basic skills 45
- A question of competence 46
- ICT opens new doors: Real and virtual 49
- Virtual reality 50
- Beyond VR 51
- Retraining: The key to newdecent work 52
- Social dialogue and training 54
- 4. HIV/AIDS: A cross-cutting issue 56
- Scale of the problem 56
- Economic impact 57
- Migrant labour 59
- Prevalence 60
- The evolution of action 60
- Action programmes 60
- ILO code of practice 62
- Testing: The path to data and targeted action 62
- Wellness programmes 65
- Tackling related diseases 66
- Peer education 68
- Lessons and challenges 68
- Lessons 68
- Challenges for employment, working time and training 69
- Social dialogue and HIV/AIDS 69
- 5. Mining and sustainable development 71
- The MMSD project 71
- Making a positive contribution 72
- Challenges and benefits 73
- Work-related issues 74
- Social dialogue and sustainable development 75
- 6. Summary and suggested points for discussion 77
- Summary 77
- Employment 77
- Working time 77
- Training 79
- HIV/AIDS: A cross-cutting issue 80
- Mining and sustainable development 81
- Suggested points for discussion 81
- Bibliography 83.
- Notes:
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- At head of title: International Labour Organization Sectoral Activities Programme.
- "TMMI/2002".
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 83)
- Subject:
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- Miners -- Labor unions -- International cooperation -- Congresses
- Miners -- Congresses
- Mineral industries -- Employees -- Congresses
- Miners -- Supply and demand -- Congresses
- Mineral industries -- Employees -- Supply and demand -- Congresses
- Miners -- Training of -- Congresses
- Mineral industries -- Employees -- Training of -- Congresses
- Hours of labor -- Congresses
- Mining industry
- Employment indicators
- Working hours
- Training
- Sustainable development
- AIDS
- Statistics
- Australia overseas comparisons
- Other authors/contributors:
- International Labour Organisation. Sectoral Activities Programme
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