Explores how public actors, especially in home countries, link foreign direct investment (FDI) to labour and employment issues.

Covers trends during the 1980s.

Covers trends in the 1980s and 1990s. Includes case studies of social and labour policies in eight companies.

ILO pub. Working paper on employment effects of multinational enterprise in Germany, Federal Republic - examines the role of foreign investment in changing industrial structure, employment creation, labour mobility to plants abroad, etc. As well as the role of developing countries imports, and...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on employment opportunity transfer versus international migration of workers, with special reference to Spain, Turkey and Germany, Federal Republic - discusses the possibilities offered by intensified international division of labour, foreign investment, etc., and...

Analyses the role of information in gaining a better understanding of the labour and employment effects of foreign direct investment (FDI). Outlines features of voluntary corporate reporting and of national reporting requirements in Belgium, France, and the United States.