This paper provides an overview of the evolution of the COVID-19-induced health and labour market crises in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), drawing on a large set of available data and sources. It highlights how the outbreak is affecting jobs and incomes via multiple channels of...

This chapter deals with the question of whether labour standards are less relevant or more relevant for the new world of work which is vastly different from the old world of work when most labour standards were first established. The various rationales for labour standards are first outlined....

Cover -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- COUNTRY COVERAGE BY REGION -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 NORMAL HOURS LIMITS -- Introduction -- Weekly limits -- Daily limits -- 2 OVERTIME WORK -- Introduction -- Criteria for overtime work -- Prohibitions and limitations on overtime...