News
December 2012
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Global Employment Trends for Women 2012
Labour market gender gap: Two steps forward, one step back
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.
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Global Wage Report 2012/13
Economic crisis leads to huge changes in working practices
10 December 2012
Large numbers of employees are getting lower wages because they are working fewer hours and doing less overtime. Many are also ‘work sharing’ - in order to avoid being laid off.
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Global Wage Report 2012/13
Wage growth slows globally despite increases in emerging countries
07 December 2012
New ILO figures show a continuing slowdown in global wages in developed countries and some resilience in emerging economies.
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Global Wage Report 2012/13
Workers getting a smaller slice of the pie
07 December 2012
Workers have been getting a smaller share of national income, as a bigger slice has gone to profits in most countries. This trend has wide-ranging economic and social implications.
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Global Wage Report 2012/13
Minimum wages key to cutting working poverty, says ILO
07 December 2012
Minimum wages reduce working poverty and protect vulnerable workers. Their levels reflect both the needs of workers and the prevailing economic conditions and level of national income.
November 2012
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Refugees
Palestinians in Lebanon working under precarious conditions
20 November 2012
Restrictions in Lebanon do not exclude Palestinian refugees from the labour market but lead to exploitative conditions, a new ILO-EU study says.
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Post 2015 Development Agenda
Beyond the MDGs: It’s all about jobs and livelihoods
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.
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Rights in Myanmar
Reform process in Myanmar is irreversible, says ILO expert
16 November 2012
As US President Barack Obama heads to Myanmar, the ILO’s liaison officer in Yangon discusses the various changes this Southeast Asian country has been going through.
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ILO supervisory body
ILO names five countries for serious violations of freedom of association
15 November 2012
The ILO Committee on Freedom of Association has highlighted five out of 32 cases as the most serious and urgent concerning the right to organize, collective bargaining and social dialogue.
October 2012
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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.