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This authoritative guide promotes safe, healthy and non-exploitative working conditions for the construction industry. It combines theoretical analysis and case-studies from around the world, offering recommendations for best practice.The book results from a project funded by the Geneva International Academic Network, with staff from the International Labour Office and the University of Geneva. It presents and discusses the challenges and potential of local authorities to promote decent work in construction.Existing literature on decent work focuses mainly on the roles and responsibilities of actors in the private sector but the contribution of the public sector should not be ignored. Local authorities play a crucial role in economic development through a range of policies and programmes in the construction sector and related services.Labour Conditions for Construction: building cities, decent work & the role of local authorities includes a methodology that combines quantitative and qualitative information. It defines and validates a set of criteria to evaluate the capacity of local authorities, combining criteria about decent work, the construction sector and the policies and programmes of the local authority in each case study city.The book fills an important gap in focussing on the role of local authorities in creating and promoting decent work and will be of interest to managers and policy-makers in construction, health and safety and labour relations as well as to researchers and students in construction management.

Contributors
Foreword
Foreword
Preface
Terms and Abbreviations
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Conceptual and Methodological Issues
What is decent work?
Origins of the concept
Conceptual issues
Interrelations between the four key components of decent work
Contradictions and conflicts between components of decent work
Universality of the decent work concept
Understanding the interrelationships between employment, construction and local authorities
Criteria for defining indicators of decent work
Criteria for the construction sector
Criteria for local authorities
Research methodology
Case studies in local authorities
Methodology for case studies
Notes
Measuring Decent Work
Review of proposals to measure decent work
Indicators of the employment dimension
Employment opportunities
Remuneration of work
Working conditions
Indicators of the social security dimension
Indicators of the workers' rights dimension
Forced labour
Child labour
Inequality at work
Freedom of association
Indicators of the social dialogue dimension
Synthesis
Notes
Local Authorities and the Construction Industry
Decent work in urban areas
Employment dimension
Social protection
Workers' rights
Social dialogue
Cross-cutting analyses
Local authorities
Evolution of the role of cities in the global economy
New roles for local authorities
The construction sector
The construction sector: definition and general characteristics
Implications for decent work
Recommendations for action
Local authorities and decent work in the construction sector and related services
Conclusion
Note
Bulawayo
Introduction
National, regional and local context
The national context
Regional and local context
Decent work indicators
Indicators of employment
Social security indicators
Indicators of workers' rights
Indicators of social dialogue
Workers' rights and social dialogue in Zimbabwe
Synthesis: decent work indicators in Bulawayo
Decent work in place Bulawayo: initiatives and evidence
Equality and the indigenization policy in the construction sector
Managing centre local relations
Realistic strategic planning and citizen participation
The role of Bulawayo in promoting employment creation
Bulawayo and the promotion of cooperatives
Decent work: evidence, obstacles and potential
Decent work and development in Zimbabwe
Methodological and conceptual considerations
Women's rights at work and health and safety in the construction sector
The informal economy: opportunities in Bulawayo
Future activities: Bulawayo's procurement dividend and the decent work audit
Obstacles and potentials for decent work promotion in Bulawayo
Notes
Dar es Salaa
Introduction
Background on Tanzania
National, regional and local context
National context
Economy, employment and the construction sector
Regional and local context
The evolution of local government
Demographic and economic development in Dar es Salaam
The growth of the informal sector
Government response to growth of the informal sector
Growth of informal settlements and government response
Decent work indicators
Indicators of employment
Indicators of social security
Indicators of workers' rights
Indicators of social dialogue
Synthesis: decent work indicators in Dar es Salaam
Decent work in Dar es Salaam: best practices
Initiatives of the Dar es Salaam City Council
Synthesis: decent work, evidence, obstacles and potentials
Evidence
Obstacles
Potentials
Notes
Santo André
Introduction
National, regional and local context
National context
Regional and local context
The informal sector
Decent work indicators
Indicators of employment
Indicators of social security
Indicators of workers' rights
Indicators of social dialogue
Synthesis: Santo André decent work indicators
Decent work in Santo André: best practices
The 'Santo André Mais Igual' (SAMI) program
The Public Centre for Employment, Labour and Income (CPETR)
Integrated Program for Qualification, PIQ (Programa Integrado de Qualificação)
Selective Collection and Income Generation Program
Decent work: synthesis and recommendations
Notes
Conclusions and Recommendations
General findings
Recommendations and guidelines
Conclusion
References
Index
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Labour Conditions for Construction: Decent Work, Building Cities and The Role of Local Authorities

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