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December 2012
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Gender pay gap drops, but not for the right reasons
19 December 2012
An ILO report says women’s pay has become closer to that of men in most countries but warns that in some cases this may just mean that men are worse off now than before the crisis.
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Global Wage Report 2012/13: Wages and Equitable Growth
07 December 2012
The Global Wage Report 2012/13 looks at differences in wages around the globe and how they have been influenced by the economic crisis. It includes global and regional wage trends and statistics, as well as policy recommendations.
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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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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.
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Global Wage Report 2012-13
07 December 2012
As the gap in labour productivity growth and wage growth increases, workers get a smaller slice of the pie. The Global Wage Report 2012/13 analyses the possible effects of this declining labour income share on aggregate demand and so on equitable growth.
October 2012
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Domestic workers in Europe falling through the loopholes
24 October 2012
Many domestic workers in Europe do not enjoy as much legal protection as other workers. ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers – which will come into force in a year’s time – offers a chance to improve the lives of the millions of people who work in this profession.
September 2012
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Mauritius ratified Convention No. 189
18 September 2012
As the first country of the African region, Mauritius has deposited its instrument of ratification of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) with the ILO. The ratification was registered on 13 September 2012. Convention No. 189 will thus enter into force for Mauritius in one year's time.
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Landmark treaty for domestic workers to come into force
05 September 2012
The ILO’s Convention on Domestic Workers has now been ratified by two countries, meaning it will come into effect in a year’s time. The Convention extends basic labour rights to tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide.
August 2012
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Wage cuts may hurt growth
10 August 2012
Cutting wages tends to increase competitiveness but can also hurt economic growth as it decreases domestic consumption, the International Labour Organization has warned.
June 2012
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The impact of public sector adjustments in Europe
28 June 2012
Fuelled by the economic crisis, budget deficits have plunged the public sector in Europe into an unprecedented wave of ‘adjustments’, leading to significant cuts in expenditure, jobs and wages. Interview with Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, author of a new ILO study* on Public Sector Adjustments in Europe – Scope, Effects and Policy Issues
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European public sector under threat
28 June 2012
A new ILO study shows budget deficits have led to significant cuts in European public sector expenditure, employment and wages. It also discusses the key role of social dialogue under the present circumstances.
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First Anniversary of Convention 189 (Decent Work for Domestic Workers)
05 June 2012
Meeting on the First anniversary of the Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers: this is a Joint meeting between IUF, IDWN (International Domestic Workers Network) and ITUC (International Trade Unions Confederation). The IDWN will be represented by leaders of domestic workers organizations in 7 countries in the regions: Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Caribbeans. They will inform the ratification processes in their respective countries.
May 2012
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Effective Protection for Domestic Workers: A guide to designing labour laws
23 May 2012
This guide is a practical tool for those involved in national legislative processes and in the design of labour laws, including government officials and representatives of workers’ and employers’ organizations.
December 2011
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Convention 189 & Recommendation 201 at a glance
15 December 2011
This brochure presents the provisions of the Domestic Workers Convention No. 189 and Recommendation No. 201. These new standards, adopted in June 2011, are a strong recognition of the economic and social value of domestic work and a call for action to address the existing exclusions of domestic workers from labour and social protection. Given that most domestic workers are women, the new standards are an important step to advance gender equality in the world of work and ensure women’s equal rights and protection under the law.
July 2011
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Migrants in an irregular situation employed in domestic work: Fundamental rights challenges for the European Union and its Member States.
05 July 2011
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) presented its report ‘Migrants in an irregular situation employed in domestic work: Fundamental rights challenges for the European Union and its Member States’ on 5 July 2011. The report by the EU Agency calls for the introduction of clear standards for all domestic workers, and supports the ILO Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers, and its accompanying Recommendation, which were adopted on 16 June 2011.
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Questions and answers on labour regulation, Decent Work and the economic and jobs crisis
04 July 2011
How can labour regulation benefit the economic and labour markets? What is the role of regulation in terms of the challenges and opportunities it affords? How has the recent economic crisis affected regulation of labour markets, and can regulation contribute to economic recovery? These and other questions were on the agenda of the second Conference on the wider meaning of the often misunderstood concept of labour regulation.
June 2011
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100th ILO annual Conference decides to bring an estimated 53 to 100 million domestic workers worldwide under the realm of labour standards
16 June 2011
The government, worker and employer delegates at the 100th annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Thursday, 16 June adopted a historic set of international standards aimed at improving the working conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide.
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Regulating for Decent Work. New directions in labour market regulation
13 June 2011
This book advances the academic and policy debates on post-crisis labour regulation by identifying new challenges, subjects and theoretical perspectives. It identifies central themes in the contemporary regulation of labour, including the role of empirical research in assessing and supporting labour market interventions, the regulation of precarious work and the emergence of new types of labour markets.