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June 2013

  1. © Manuel Cohen / AFP 2013

    World of Work report 2013

    Uneven job recovery poses challenges to most countries

    03 June 2013

    The latest edition of the ILO’s World of Work report shows encouraging, but still-fragile signs of improvement in emerging and developing economies, while many advanced economies continue to face high or even rising unemployment and increasing inequalities.

April 2013

  1. © Andreas Solaro / AFP 2013

    European labour market

    Ten million more unemployed in Europe than in 2008

    08 April 2013

    Austerity measures have not addressed the root causes of the crisis nor have they brought down unemployment, according to a snapshot of EU countries based on an upcoming ILO report on the state of global labour markets.

March 2013

  1. © Miguel Medina / AFP 2013

    Public and private sectors

    One labour market, one labour law?

    18 March 2013

    With outsourcing, the distinction between the public and private sectors is blurring in many areas – raising questions about whether there should be one labour law for all workers. By Miguel Ángel Malo, senior economist at the ILO’s International Institute for Labour Studies.

January 2013

  1. Global Employment Trends 2013

    Global unemployment rising again but with significant differences across regions

    22 January 2013

    Five years after the outbreak of the global financial crisis, labour markets remain deeply depressed. Unemployment has started to rise again as the economic outlook worsens.

December 2012

  1. Europe

    Competitiveness and employment: Trying to square the circle

    05 December 2012

    Cutting costs can help a country become more competitive and boost exports as a result. But, as attractive as it may seem, EU countries, which trade heavily among themselves, cannot all gain a competitive edge at the same time.

October 2012

  1. Employment update

    Asia-Pacific: Quality and quantity of jobs dropping

    22 October 2012

    Slowing growth in many Asian countries has accentuated labour market challenges in a region that has the world’s largest youth population, and where precarious work is widespread.

  2. Interview with The Times

    ILO Chief warns of austerity’s ‘toxic’ impact

    03 October 2012

    In an interview with The Times newspaper, the head of ILO warned that austerity measures in southern European countries risk having “quite harmful consequences”. He was more positive about the outlook in Britain.

July 2012

  1. News item

    Women in EU public sector face higher risk of losing jobs

    30 July 2012

    The public sector in the EU offers many highly qualified jobs and is a major source of employment for women. But increasingly, those positions are being lost to austerity policies.

June 2012

  1. News item

    Mexico: A labour market overview

    29 June 2012

    As Mexicans go to the polls on Sunday to choose a new president and legislature, the ILO presents a snapshot of the employment situation based on the May edition of "The Labour Situation in Latin America"*.

  2. News item

    Growth must lead to social inclusion, says Peru’s President

    11 June 2012

    Peru’s President Ollanta Humala told delegates at the ILC that economic growth must lead to social development, while ILO head Juan Somavia said Peru has shown both can go hand-in-hand.

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