ALERA ALERT #1 - August 2014

CONFERENCE THEMES
The themes for the 56th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) are:
1. Inter-linkages between Formal and Informal Labour Processes;
2. The Demographic Dividend: Challenges of Employment and Employability; and
3. Industrial Relations in India: Sectoral and Regional Patterns.

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) is inviting all employers, employees and their representatives to submit enterprise agreement clauses that they believe are productivity enhancing or innovative to be considered for inclusion in a Commission research project.

Participation in the project is an opportunity for employers, employees and their representatives to showcase productivity and innovation achievements in agreements. However, nominations can also be made confidential on request. 

The ITC-ILO is launching a workshop on diversity and the deep democracy, a method used to solve tough and complex problems.  

Diversity, inclusiveness and non discrimination in the world of work, 20-24 January, 2014, Turin - Italy

The workshop aims at providing a tool for participants to address exclusion and indirect discrimination.  It will help understanding the multiple and intersectional grounds for discrimination, and using the Human Rights Based approach as the common baseline.