New ILO book
18 June 2013
Reducing hours of work can have positive effects on employment levels during a severe economic downturn, preserve skills and sustain enterprises.
Occupied Arab Territories
06 June 2013
The ILO’s annual report on the situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories calls for the lifting of restrictions on movement, employment and economic activity, in order to increase opportunities for decent work.
World of Work report 2013
03 June 2013
Profitability has regained pre-crisis levels in many countries, but investment is still below pre-crisis levels in most advanced economies
World of Work report 2013
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.
Global Employment Trends 2013
23 January 2013
390 million additional “middle class” workers projected by 2017, but 1.5 billion workers remain either poor or near poor.
Global Employment Trends 2013
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.
Global Employment Trends for Women 2012
11 December 2012
The gender gap in global labour markets showed some convergence in the earlier part of the last decade but increased after the crisis erupted in 2007, according to an ILO report produced in collaboration with UN Women. The picture varies considerably among regions.
Post 2015 Development Agenda
18 November 2012
As the debate on the post-Millennium Development Goals agenda gathers pace, the ILO says the most pressing priorities are job creation and social protection.
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
17 October 2012
Decent Work and full employment must be key goals in the fight against poverty, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.
Global jobs situation
11 October 2012
The ILO Director-General says G20 countries should stand by their commitment to take new, urgent measures in the face of deteriorating global economic conditions.