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, October 2002

The tripartite sectoral meetings comprising representatives of governments, employers and workers, are held to discuss current employment and labour issues of importance in the industry concerned and to provide guidance for action, at national and international levels, by employers' and workers' organisations, governments and the ILO itself. This report on the mining industry is presented in six chapters: chapter one, 'Evolution of employment', looks at the structure of the workforce, restructuring in the mining industry, evolution of employment in selected countries, women in mining, retrenchment and contract work; chapter two, 'Evolution of working time', looks at trends in working time, factors impacting on different forms of shift work, and health and safety issues; chapter three, 'Evolution of training', examines different approaches to training; chapter four, 'HIV/AIDS: a cross-cutting issue', looks at the issue of HIV/AIDS in southern Africa and how it is affecting the mining workforce; chapter five, 'Mining and sustainable development', looks at how the mining industry can continue to operate in a context of sustainable development while ensuring decent work for all; 'chapter six, 'Summary and suggested points for discussion', summarises the issues discussed in the report and provides suggestions for discussion at the meeting.

The tripartite sectoral meetings comprising representatives of governments, employers and workers, are held to discuss current employment and labour issues of importance in the industry concerned and to provide guidance for action, at national and international levels, by employers' and workers' organisations, governments and the ILO itself. This report on the mining industry is presented in six chapters: chapter one, 'Evolution of employment', looks at the structure of the workforce, restructuring in the mining industry, evolution of employment in selected ...  [+] Show more