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Database of Conditions of Work and Employment Laws

Working Time - Minimum Wages - Maternity Protection

The TRAVAIL Database of Conditions of Work and Employment Laws provides a picture of the regulatory environment of working time, minimum wages and maternity protection in more than 100 countries around the world. It contains comprehensive legal information, which allows you to conduct customized research on a specific country, to compare the legislation of several countries or regions on a particular subject or to perform searches by text. For selected issues, a historical comparison is possible.

The Database is currently undergoing a periodic update. The exact date of the most recent update is indicated for each country.

ILO Global Wage Database

The ILO Global Wage Database provides a comprehensive overview of wage trends in ILO member countries. Maintained as the main data-source for the Global Wage Report, the ILO’s biennial flagship publication on wage and wage policies, it contains data on average monthly wages, low pay rates, monthly minimum wages and decile ratios.

These indicators are available in Excel, SPSS, and STATA. A short description of the ILO Global Wage Database is also available.

Global Working Conditions Survey: A partnership between Eurofound and the ILO

Decent working conditions – including adequate wages, humane working time and access to maternity protection – are central to the live and well-being of billions of workers around the world. They are the joint focus of the work of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) and the ILO’s Conditions of Work and Employment Programme (TRAVAIL). Eurofound, a tripartite EU agency, and the ILO, a tripartite United Nations agency, also share the commitment to work with Governments, Employers’ and Workers’ organizations towards improving working conditions.

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