Home work in Brazil: new contractual arrangements

Lena. Lavinas, Bila. Sorj, Leila Linhares Barsted and Angela. Jorge

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Investigates the share of home work in the Brazilian labour market and examines the legislation governing homeworkers. Analyses the characteristics of these workers and identifies the activities performed. Presents three case studies which illustrate different forms of contractual arrangements.

Keywords: work at home; conditions of employment; working conditions; women workers; labour contract.; labour legislation; ILO Convention.; age group.; educational level; wages; case study; computer services industry; telework; electronics industry; clothing industry.; workers cooperative; statistical table; travail à domicile; conditions d'emploi; conditions de travail; trabajo a domicilio; condiciones de empleo; condiciones de trabajo; travailleuses; contrat de travail; législation du travail; convention de l'OIT; groupe d'âge; niveau d'enseignement; salaire; étude de cas; industrie du logiciel; télétravail; industrie électronique; industrie du vêtement; coopérative de travailleurs; tableau statistique; trabajadoras; contrato de trabajo; legislación del trabajo; Convenio de la OIT; grupo de edad; nivel educativo; salario; estudio de casos; industria de los programas de computación; teletrabajo; industria electrónica; industria del vestido; cooperativa de trabajadores; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 48 pages
Date: 2001
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