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ISBN 10: 9221127109

Author: Wolfgang Von Richthoven

Labour Inspection: A Guide to the Profession (1st Edition) by Wolfgang Von Richthoven

This book serves as a comprehensive guide to the profession of labour inspection, outlining its role in enforcing labour standards, ensuring workplace safety, and promoting fair employment practices. Authored by Wolfgang Von Richthoven, the book provides an in-depth analysis of the principles, challenges, and best practices associated with labour inspection systems worldwide.

Key Features:
Definition & Purpose of Labour Inspection: Explores the fundamental role of labour inspection in maintaining fair and safe working conditions.
Legal Framework & Standards: Discusses international conventions and national regulations that govern labour inspection practices.
Inspection Procedures & Techniques: Covers methods for conducting workplace inspections, investigating violations, and enforcing labour laws.
Challenges & Solutions: Addresses common issues faced by labour inspectors, including resource constraints, corruption, and employer resistance.
Case Studies & Practical Examples: Provides real-world insights into how labour inspection operates in different countries.
This book is an essential resource for labour inspectors, policymakers, legal professionals, and anyone interested in labour rights and workplace safety.

Table of contents: 

Part I: Labour Inspection: Background, Evolution, and Context

1. The Foundations

1.1 Historical origins
1.2 Fundamental principles
1.3 Sources of authority
1.4 Tripartism

2 The framework
2.1 The socio-economic context
2.2 The political framework
2.3 The legal basis
2.4 The administrative environment

3 The mission of labour inspection
3.1 The trend towards mission statements
3.2 The role and scope of labour inspection
3.3 Social scope of labour inspection
3.4 Prevention

4 A systems overview
4.1 Some general considerations
4.2 Conventional patterns
4.3 A functional approach
4.4 Towards functional integration

5 The client system
5.1 Who are the clients?
5.2 Workers
5.3 Employers
5.4 Other government services
5.5 The wider client system

6 Challenges facing labour inspection
6.1 Introduction
6.2 New technologies
6.3 New risks in the world of work
6.4 Growing regulatory volume and complexity
6.5 Labour market fragmentation
6.6 The weakness of traditional partners
6.7 Globalization

7 Response to the challenges
7.1 The issues
7.2 The changing role of the State
7.3 Coping with new technology
7.4 New regulatory approaches
7.5 Changes in management
7.6 New strategic partnerships

Part II: Inspection systems – Policy

8 Sources of policy reference
8.1 Introduction
8.2 International labour Conventions
8.3 International labour Recommendations
8.4 Other supranational norms
8.5 Other sources

9 The contribution to policy formulation
9.1 Some general considerations
9.2 The design process
9.3 Policy content
9.4 Labour inspection policy

10 New policy orientations
10.1 Monitoring social relations
10.2 Sectoral policies
10.3 Employment inspection
10.4 Small and medium-sized enterprises

11 Enforcement policies
11.1 Rationale and needs
11.2 Basic principles
11.3 Sanctions
11.4 Balancing advisory and enforcement approaches
11.5 Procedural issues

12 Internal policy issues
12.1 Systems management policies
12.2 Organization development policies
12.3 Recruitment
12.4 Training policies
12.5 Initial training
12.6 Post-probationary and in-service training
12.7 Information management policies

13 Putting policies into effect
13.1 Planning and programming of inspections
13.2 Style of inspection
13.3 Discretion
13.4 Procedures for influencing manufacturers, suppliers, and importers
13.5 Ensuring equity and consistency
13.6 Responsibility for cooperation with other authorities and bodies
13.7 Handling the media
13.8 Monitoring quality

14 Inspection policies and prevention economics
14.1 The issues
14.2 The role of labour inspection in prevention economics
14.3 Inspection management

Part III Inspection systems: Organization and management

15 Labour inspection and tripartism
15.1 General observations
15.2 Collaboration within the enterprise
15.3 Collaboration at sectoral, regional, and national levels
15.4 Membership of advisory and decision-making bodies

16 Structural aspects of organization
16.1 Labour inspection as a government department
16.2 Tripartite systems management
16.3 The need for integrated systems
16.4 The case of federal states

17 The organizational framework
17.1 Cooperation within component services
17.2 Cooperation with other bodies
17.3 Specialization of inspectors
17.4 Workers’ cooperation in inspection functions

18 Reporting policies and procedures
18.1 Standardization
18.2 Evaluating the impact externally
18.3 Annual reports
18.4 Reports to the ILO

19 Evaluating impact and performance
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Different types of organization
19.3 Evaluating the performance externally
19.4 Evaluation: How, by whom, and when?

20 Information, publication and documentation services
20.1 Standardization
20.2 Different types of organization
20.3 IPDS outside labour inspection
20.4 Many players, vague coordination
20.5 Competition with other functions
20.6 A strong role for IPDS ‘

Part IV Labour inspection: Sectoral aspects

21 Labour inspection and occupational safety and health management systems standards
21.1 Introduction
21.2 The analogy with quality and environmental management
21.3 Recent developments
21.4 Examples of OSHMS standards at work
21.5 Implications of OSHMS standards for inspection
21.6 The relevance of OSHMS standards to small enterprises
21.7 Implications for the inspectorate’s management

22 Labour inspection and child labour
22.1 The scope and nature of the problem
22.2 Inhibitions to effective labour inspection of child labour
22.3 The authority of labour inspectors
22.4 Managing the inspection of child labour
22.5 Dealing with particular inspection problems
22.6 Enforcing compliance and applying sanctions

23 Labour inspection and small and medium-sized enterprises
23.1 Justification for a special approach
23.2 Priorities for the future
23.3 Six possible initiatives
23.4 Lessons to be learned

24 Labour inspection in agriculture
24.1 A special challenge for inspectorates
24.2 Hazards in agriculture
24.3 Problems facing labour inspectors in agriculture
24.4 Strategies for improvement
24.5 Clear enforcement and promotional policies
24.6 Training and supporting inspectors

25 Labour inspection in the non-commercial services sector
25.1 Introduction
25.2 Risks and special considerations
25.3 Who inspects the labour inspectorate?
25.4 The process of inspection in the non-commercial sector
25.5 Employers and trade unions in the non-commercial sector
25.6 The need for action

26 Labour inspection in the construction industry
26.1 The problems presented by the construction industry
26.2 Special international labour standards
26.3 Labour inspection systems
26.4 New legislative strategies
26.5 Inspection, enforcement and persuasion

27 Labour inspection and major hazards prevention
27.1 Special considerations
27.2 Key elements of a major hazard control
27.3 The inspectorate’s response to the safety report
27.4 Other inspection strategies

28 Labour inspection and “new hazards”
28.1 Dimensions of the problem
28.2 Stress
28.3 Aggression and violence
28.4 Sexual harassment
28.5 Conclusions

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