GENEVA (ILO News) – The International Labour Office (ILO) is to issue its new biennial Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) (Note 1) which provides a comprehensive analysis of the global labour market using world and regional estimates and country-level data.
The fifth edition of the KILM is to be issued under embargo on Thursday, 30 August, for publication on or after 23:00 GMT on 2 September.
The KILM, by publishing 20 key indicators of the labour market, analyses a wide range of global trends including: employment and variables relating to employment (status, sector, hours, etc.), the lack of work and the characteristics of jobseekers, education, wages and compensation costs, labour productivity and the working poor.
Through a comprehensive collection, organization and analysis of labour market information, this fifth edition of the KILM provides more insight and new measurements on what the ILO calls “decent work deficits” worldwide, expanding the knowledge base on the relationships between poverty, decent work deficits and labour underutilization.
Launch details
The report and all associated media and information materials are under embargo and not for publication, broadcast or quotation before 23:00 GMT on Sunday, 2 September.
The KILM will be available to the media on request, from the ILO Department of Communication in Geneva, New York, Washington, Bangkok, Addis Ababa, and elsewhere, please contact communication@ilo.org for further sources. An executive summary of the KILM is available upon request in English, French, and Spanish (PDF file). A press release will be available by 30 August under embargo as stated above.
For Geneva correspondents: A press briefing will be held on the KILM with Mr. José M. Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Director, ILO Employment Sector, and Ms. Sodergren, economist in the ILO Employment Trends Unit, in Press Room III, Palais des Nations on Thursday 30 August at 10 a.m.
Video material consisting of a video news release and interviews with the authors of the report can be made available to broadcasters by contacting the Department of Communication, Radio and TV Unit on +4122/799-7935 or by emailing Naets-Sekiguchi@ilo.org.
Interviews can be scheduled via the Department of Communication with ILO experts on employment trends. For further details please contact Laetitia Dard at dard@ilo.org or +4122/799-8272, +4178/685-0117.
Note 1 - Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM), Fifth Edition, International Labour Office, Geneva, 2007, www.ilo.org/trends.