News
January 2023
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Working time arrangements
Flexible working hours can benefit work-life balance, businesses and productivity
06 January 2023
Innovative working time arrangements, such as those introduced during the COVID-19 crisis, can bring benefits for economies, businesses and workers, including greater productivity and improved work-life balance.
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News
How dialogue can help address challenges to informality for refugees and host communities in Kenya
05 January 2023
Following the release of an assessment report by ILO PROSPECTS, government, employers and informal workers representatives agree on strategies to support the transition to formality, advance inclusive economic development and sustainable livelihoods.
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Media Advisory
ILO to release report on working time, working hours and work-life balance
04 January 2023
December 2022
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2022 Labour Overview Series
ILO: 34.5 per cent of over 65s have no income in Latin America and the Caribbean
21 December 2022
The new "Social Protection Overview" for the region focuses on pension systems and finds that improvements in coverage, sufficiency and sustainability are essential to provide economic security, particularly to those people most affected by crises such as COVID-19.
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Video
2022: Advancing social justice in a world in crisis
21 December 2022
As 2022 comes to a close, the ILO looks back on its efforts to promote a human-centred recovery and advance social justice during a year of many firsts.
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Maritime sector
Joint ILO-IMO meeting adopts guidelines on seafarer abandonment
20 December 2022
New measures to improve conditions for seafarers, including those who have been abandoned, have been adopted at a meeting involving governments and maritime workers and employers’ organizations.
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International Migrants Day
ILO announces winners of the 2022 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration
16 December 2022
Winning entries provide balanced and ethical reporting on migrants and labour migration and encourage the media to address stereotypes and misconceptions.
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Podcast
Labour migration and diverse gender identities
16 December 2022
Migrating for work can give people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions (SOGIE) the chance of a better life. But, what challenges do they face? And, how can they be supported?
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Latin America
Low levels of social protection and statistical invisibility increases the vulnerability of 55 million indigenous people
15 December 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected more than 800 groups of indigenous peoples, who are overly affected by poverty and informality, have few opportunities for decent work, and face obstacles in accessing education or participating politically, says new ILO report.
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ECLAC / ILO report
ECLAC and ILO point out the importance of promoting public policies to invigorate the Region's labour markets for quality employment creation
09 December 2022
In a new joint report, the organizations indicate that despite the recovery seen in labour markets in the first half of 2022, it is expected that in the second half the deceleration of growth will slow the region’s capacity to generate quality jobs.