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Decent work

Decent work sums up the aspirations of people in their working lives. It involves opportunities for work that is productive and delivers a fair income, security in the workplace and social protection for families, better prospects for personal development and social integration, freedom for people to express their concerns, organize and participate in the decisions that affect their lives and equality of opportunity and treatment for all women and men.

Highlights

  1. The ILO Decent Work Agenda

    Productive employment and Decent Work are key elements to achieving a fair globalization and the reduction of poverty. The ILO has developed an agenda for the community of work. Putting the Decent Work Agenda into practice is achieved through four strategic pillars: job creation, rights at work, social protection and social dialogue, with gender equality as a crosscutting objective.

News

  1. Publication

    Decent Work Country Profile - Bangladesh

    27 June 2013

  2. © Bertrand Guay / AFP 2013

    102nd International Labour Conference

    ILO approves new framework of action on social dialogue

    19 June 2013

  3. © Pan Kanjun / ImagineChina 2013

    102nd International Labour Conference

    No sustainable development without environmental sustainability and decent work

    19 June 2013

Addressing the global jobs crisis

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