News
November 2019
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GB roundup
ILO Governing Body concludes 337th session
08 November 2019
The ILO Governing Body ended its 337th session on 7 November 2019. ILO News discussed the highlights of the session with Juan Llobera, Clerk of the Governing Body.
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Social protection
100 years of maternity protection
08 November 2019
100 years ago, the ILO adopted the first-ever international standard on maternity protection. Since then the definition of maternity protection has expanded and its importance has become more widely appreciated. But, despite this progress, many mothers and mothers-to-be still face serious challenges in the workplace.
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Media advisory
100 Years of Maternity Protection: Transforming Leave and Care Policies for All
06 November 2019
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Labour Statistics
ILO launches new statistics portal
05 November 2019
A new ILO website provides a wealth of labour data for a range of users including labour researchers, journalists, experts who want to produce their own data, as well as the general public.
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Blog
At least 44'000 work stoppages since 2010
04 November 2019
Effective social dialogue is a key means to promote better wages and working conditions. But when it fails, work stoppages may ensue. ILO data show that this has happened at least 44 thousand times since 2010.
October 2019
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Blog
Work and employment are not synonyms
30 October 2019
Work and employment may be used indistinctly in everyday language, but for the labour market they mean very different things. Employment is a very specific form of work. Other forms of work include volunteer work, unpaid trainee work and work for own use.
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ILO100
Council of the EU welcomes the ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work
24 October 2019
The Council calls on the EU Member States to pursue a human-centred approach to the future of work.
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ILO 100
A centenary celebration 100 metres below sea level
22 October 2019
Employment specialists from the International Labour Organization visit a mine in the Russian Federation to mark the Centenary of the organization and to promote decent work.
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ILO Open Day
A window on the ILO’s World of Work
17 October 2019
From exhibitions, to films to interactive games, the ILO Open Day was a window on the wide-ranging work of the organization.
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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
A more effective labour market approach to fighting poverty
17 October 2019