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Decent Work: Conceptualization and Policy Impact

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Decent Work and Economic Growth

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Employment quality; Job quality; Quality of employment; Quality of jobs; Quality of work; Work quality

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“Decent Work” is an umbrella concept that combines access to full and productive employment with various qualitative dimensions of work such as rights at work, social protection, and the promotion of social dialogue. The International Labour Organization (ILO) defines decent work as one that is productive and delivers a fair income, safe working conditions and social protection for families, prospects for personal development and social integration, freedom of expression, organizing and participation, as well as equality of opportunity and of treatment for all. Since its launch by the ILO in 1999, decent work has become a universal objective and has been embraced in major human rights declarations and United Nations (UN) resolutions. In 2015, decent work together with the main objectives of the Decent Work Agenda, that is employment creation, social protection,...

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  1. European Trade Union Institute, Brussels, Belgium

    Agnieszka Piasna

  2. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

    Kirsten Sehnbruch

  3. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Brendan Burchell

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

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Piasna, A., Sehnbruch, K., Burchell, B. (2020). Decent Work: Conceptualization and Policy Impact. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Decent Work and Economic Growth. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71058-7_107-1

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