The Foreign Labor Trends (FLT) report series is designed to be an informative
and authoritative source of information on labor institutions, practices, and
recent key developments in the countries reported. Each report provides valuable
information in assessing progress made by the reported country in complying with
internationally recognized worker rights required under bilateral or regional
trade agreements. The FLT report series is distributed to American firms, labor
organizations, NGOs, universities, libraries, U.S. Government officials and
potential U.S. investors, among others. The FLT reports have also been used by
U.S. Government officials as background information for foreign policy and
national security concerns.
Demand has sharply increased for the FLT reports with the enormous expansion
of trade and investment and other economic interdependence. Over the past
decade, many businesses and other institutions have come to regard these reports
as an invaluable tool for learning about key labor issues and policies. They
request FLT reports for investment and research on countries in every region of
the world.
Current FLT reports include a quick view of the labor statistics of the host
country; a history of recent social, political and economic conditions; a
description of the labor scene; the economy and labor; commercial climate for
investing; labor law and system; and the extent and effectiveness of social
safety net provisions. They describe labor standards and worker rights, such as
freedom of association and right to strike; the right to organize and bargain
collectively; the prohibition of forced labor; the status of child labor;
discrimination in employment; acceptable conditions of work including minimum
wage, hours of work and safety and health; trafficking in persons; and labor law
and practices in special economic, industrial and free trade zones. Finally, the
report for each country includes a local directory of labor organizations
including governments, employers and trade unions.
NOTE: Some of the links below are to Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. You must have the Adobe
Acrobat Reader installed on your computer in order to view the files. You can download the Reader
free of charge from the Adobe Web site.
Please select the country name and report format you wish
to view, then hit 'View.'
