Publications
The ILO Country Office for the Philippines (CO-Manila) publishes a wide range of books, reports, working papers, training manuals, CD-ROMs, videos and flash movies. Some of these can be downloaded directly. Others can be requested or purchased in hard copy from the ILO Knowledge Centre in Manila or by email.
2019
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Workers' training manual on freedom of association
30 August 2019
The Philippines adopted a number of mechanisms that seek to address the issues of workers’ freedom of association (FOA). These mechanisms opened an opportunity for the workers to participate in the investigation and monitoring of FOA cases. This Manual aims to empower the workers to constructively engage with stakeholders, and meaningfully participate in the investigation and monitoring of FOA cases.
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ILO Country Office for the Philippines publications catalogue, August 2019
30 August 2019
CO-Manila's new library resource list.
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Workers’ Guide to Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience Recommendation (No. 205)
28 August 2019
Through this Workers’ Guide, the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) provides information and guidance on how trade unions can ensure the implementation of this new global tool to their advantage. It is intended to serve as a valuable reference to workers’ organizations on the provisions of Recommendation No. 205.
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Regional Planning Meeting for Promoting ASEAN Women Migrant Workers’ Rights through Organizing
21 August 2019
The report centres women migrant workers' freedom of association and collective bargaining, identifies the challenges to their organizing, and puts forward recommendations to strengthen women migrant workers' leadership and participation in labour organizations.
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Changing Attitudes and Behaviour Towards Women Migrant Workers in ASEAN: Technical Regional Meeting
21 August 2019
This report sets out key areas of learning from the meeting, analyses why communication can be an effective tool for changing attitudes and behaviours, and explores some tools and approaches used to enhance communication for behavioural change.
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Experiences from Simples National, the monotax regime for own-account workers, micro and small entrepreneurs in Brazil (2019)
20 August 2019
This paper provides information on the monotax regime in Brazil. This regime, referred to as Simples National, was introduced with the aim to create jobs and reduce informality among enterprises and their workers. It provides a monotax as well as simplified procedures for own-account workers and micro and small enterprises (MSEs) on business registration, taxation, social security, financial inclusion and government procurement. It includes a special statute called ‘Individual Micro Entrepreneur’ (IME) and a simplified tax and social security regime for own-account workers and MSEs. The paper describes the nature, operation and modalities of the tax and social security components of the Simples National regime, outlines its evolution, describes formalisation trends, highlights its strengths and weaknesses, extracts lessons learned and identifies policy recommendations.
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Diagnostics of compliance with labour standards: A checklist for small enterprises
01 August 2019
The diagnostics was resulted from the project collaboration between the International Labour Organization (ILO) Country Office for the Philippines (CO-Manila) and the Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) funded under the European Union Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (EU GSP+) project on supporting effective application of Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Conventions in the Philippines (ILO Conventions Nos. 87 and 98).
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ILO Country Office for the Philippines publications catalogue, July 2019
30 July 2019
CO-Manila's new library resource list.
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The impact of trade on employment in the Philippines: Country report
29 July 2019
The report presents how trade policies have impacted decent work outcomes in the Philippines, and how, based on empirical data and evidence, the links between trade policy and decent work principles can be strengthened so that benefits more Filipinos.
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Employment effects of green policies in the Philippines: Summary for policymakers
18 July 2019
This Policy Note weighs in on this on-going discussion by providing some indications of the potential impacts of transitioning to a low-carbon, environmentally sustainable economy on aggregate employment demand. It identifies the likely winners and losers from “greening” the Philippine economy and highlights the role of productivity differences within and among sectors on the future of jobs.
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Freedom of association and collective bargaining: National action plan, 2017-2022
18 July 2019
As a signatory to the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention Nos. 87 (Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise) and 98 (Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining), the Philippines is under obligation to implement the principles embedded therein, both in law and in practice, and is obliged to report regularly on measures taken to progressively implement the Conventions, subject to the review by the ILO supervisory mechanisms.
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Addressing impunity: A review of the three monitoring mechanisms
18 July 2019
The Review Report on the three monitoring mechanisms at the three different government offices – Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Justice (DOJ) and Commission on Human Rights (CHR) – goes beyond examination of the mandates, functioning, and composition. The Review puts into one document an institutional memory not only on the “how” of the mechanisms but “why” and “when” it came about including the International Labour Organization supervisory bodies longstanding recommendations that has not been progressively responded to by the Philippine Government.
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ILO Country Office for the Philippines publications catalogue, June 2019
27 June 2019
CO-Manila's new library resource list.
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Organizing Informal Workers into Trade Unions-A trade union guide
19 June 2019
The aim of this document is to offer practical guidance on how to address six institutional challenges in organizing the informal economy into trade unions. The guide relies on practical and important lessons on how to integrate the diverse group of informal economy workers and operators into the formal structures of the trade union movement. It also addresses the benefits and the challenges of organizing informal economy workers, and hereby enacts and supports the implementation of Recommendation No. 204.
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The ILO in the Philippines: Leaflet
17 June 2019
This Country Leaflet gives an overview of ILO activities in the Philippines. It summarizes the ILO’s history in the country, and outlines the work undertaken in cooperation with the government, employers and workers organizations, and development partners on a wide range of work and workplace issues.
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World of Work magazine: Working for peace and social justice
03 June 2019
This Centenary issue of the World of Work magazine presents some milestones of the ILO’s history and its efforts to promote social justice as the foundation of peace around the globe.
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Gap analysis and recommendations on laws on child labour and working conditions in artisanal small-scale gold mining
31 May 2019
The Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector is considered “a vital contributor to the Philippine economy”. Studies estimate that 200,000 to 300,000 miners and their families in 20 to 30 provinces in the Philippines rely on ASGM as a primary source of subsistence Of the estimate, about 18,000 are women and children. By the ILO approximation, the number may be as many as 500,000 across the country.
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ILO Country Office for the Philippines publications catalogue, May 2019
29 May 2019
CO-Manila's new library resource list.
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ILO Country Office for the Philippines publications catalogue, April 2019
26 April 2019
CO-Manila's new library resource list.
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Brochure: Responsible Supply Chains in Asia (Philippines)
25 April 2019
The project promotes corporate social responsibility and responsible business conduct with regard to the environment, decent work and the respect of human rights.