Publications

2013

1. “Meeting the needs of my family too”: Maternity protection and work-family measures for domestic workers

   01 July 2013

   This document is part of a series of briefs on issues and approaches to promoting decent work for domestic workers.

2. Work Sharing during the Great Recession: New Developments and Beyond (SUMMARY)

   18 June 2013

   This volume examines the resurgent interest in and use of work sharing as a job preservation strategy during the Great Recession of 2008–09. It also considers the crisis experience for the potential use of work sharing to generate jobs, thus contributing to the ongoing debate on its efficacy as an employment creation measure. The book offers in-depth analysis of work sharing in Europe – specifically in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands – and in the diverse contexts of Japan, Turkey, the United States and Uruguay. It synthesizes the main lessons learned from the country cases and considers their implications for the future of work sharing.

3. 

   Work Sharing during the Great Recession: New developments and beyond

   18 June 2013

   This volume presents the concept and history of work sharing, how it can be used as a strategy for preserving jobs and also its potential for increasing employment − including the complexities and trade-offs involved. Work-sharing programmes used during the Great Recession of 2008−09 are analysed for several European countries and other countries around the world.

4. 

   Snapshot: ILO in action, domestic workers

   31 May 2013

   A growing number of countries are taking measures to improve the living and working conditions of domestic workers. But the momentum needs to be stepped up to ensure that domestic workers worldwide enjoy labour rights, just like other workers.

5. 

   Public Sector Shock: The impact of policy retrenchment in Europe

   24 April 2013

   On the basis of a comparative and comprehensive assessment, illustrated by case studies in education, health and public administration, policy issues are discussed with the aim of finding the right mix of public sector reforms.

6. Philippines enact new law protecting domestic workers

   18 April 2013

   The Philippines has promulgated a new domestic workers law, namely the Act Instituting Policies for the Protection and Welfare of Domestic Workers (Republic Act 10361), which is also called the Domestic Workers Act.1 It was signed into law by President Benigno Simeon Aquino III on 18 January 2013.

7. Thailand: new Ministerial Regulation offers better protection of domestic workers' rights

   28 March 2013

   On 9 November 2012, a new Ministerial Regulation No. 14 (B.E. 2555) entered into force improving workplace rights for domestic workers in the Kingdom of Thailand. Issued under the Labour Protection Act B.E. 2541 (1998), the Regulation applies to employers employing workers to perform domestic work which does not involve business operations. It aligns several aspects of the legislation with the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) and Recommendation (No. 201).

8. 

   Domestic Workers Across the World: Global and regional statistics and the extent of legal protection

   09 January 2013

   This publication sheds light on the magnitude of domestic work, a sector often “invisible” behind the doors of private households and unprotected by national legislation.

9. Domestic workers across the world: Global and regional statistics and the extent of legal protection (SUMMARY)

   04 January 2013

   The report attempts to capture the size of the domestic work sector, working conditions and the extent of legal protection enjoyed by domestic workers worldwide. It includes global and regional statistics, and is intended to support the efforts of governments, employers and workers to secure social justice and decent work for domestic workers across the world.

2012

1. 

   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.

2. 

   Summary of the Global Wage Report 2012/13

   07 December 2012

   The "Global Wage Report 2012/13: Wages and Equitable Growth" analyses average real wages across the world, giving a unique picture of wage trends and relative purchasing power across the world and by region.

3. 

   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.

4. 

   Maternity Protection Resource Package

   22 November 2012

   The Maternity Protection Resource Package provides guidance and tools to strengthen and extend maternity protection to all women in all types of economic activity.

5. 

   Decent work for domestic workers in Asia and the Pacific: Manual for trainers

   27 June 2012

   Invisible and undervalued no more! Domestic work is now recognized as a true occupation and domestic workers have the right to decent work, respect and dignity just like all other workers. These principles are now enshrined in international labour standards aimed at improving the working and living conditions of the millions of workers - many of them women and girls, and often migrants - caring for the families and households of others.

6. 

   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.

7. 

   Country profile: domestic work legislation in Spain

   24 February 2012

   The Government of Spain recently promulgated Royal Decree 1620/2011 of 14 November, regulating the special relationship that characterizes service within the family household.

8. Executive summary - Work Inequalities in the Crisis

   24 February 2012

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   Work Inequalities in the Crisis: Evidence from Europe

   24 February 2012

   This book provides an in-depth overview of the effects of the crisis on inequalities in the world of work. It examines these inequalities multi-dimensionally, looking at employment, wages and incomes, working conditions and social dialogue.

2011

1. 

   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.

2. 

   Research on occupational safety and health for migrant workers in five Asia and the Pacific countries: Australia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand

   01 December 2011

   This working paper presents trends and facts relevant to the five target countries’ OSH environments for migrant workers, with the long term aim of raising awareness of workplace safety for migrant labour forces and instilling the significance of sound OSH practices at work in all stakeholders, including governments, employers, workers and NGOs.