Publications

2012

1. 

   Global Wage Report 2012-13

   01 November 2012

   "The Global Wage Report comes at a most opportune moment. The wave of unrest that swept through industrialized countries and gained its climax in the Arab Spring countries was rooted in declining wages and increased inequality. Wage policies aiming to stimulate growth and increase productivity are beneficial..."

2. 

   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.

3. Executive summary - Work Inequalities in the Crisis

   24 February 2012

4. 

   Work Inequalities in the Crisis: Evidence from Europe

   24 February 2012

   "Since the successive crises erupted, the increase in inequality has not been addressed. This important publication offers a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the workplace. It will help to promote a different policy agenda that is desperately needed to overcome the causes and consequences of the crisis, namely addressing work inequalities." –Philippe Pochet, Catholic University of Louvain la Neuve, Belgium, and General Director of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), Brussels, Belgium

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.

3. Executive summary - Work Inequalities in the Crisis

   01 December 2011

4. Participatory Action-Oriented Training

   30 November 2011

   Participatory Action-Oriented Training is a practical method to support workplace initiatives based on self-help voluntary actions. It also helps local people carry out immediate improvements in occupational safety and health and their working conditions by using locally available resources.

5. 

   Convention 189 & Recommendation 201 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers

   15 November 2011

   This booklet presents a set of new international labour standards – Convention No. 189 and Recommendation No. 201 concerning decent work for domestic workers - adopted on 16 June 2011 by the ILO’s International Labour Conference.

6. Fact sheet on Domestic Workers' profile and working conditions in the Philippines

   08 November 2011

   This factsheet presents the profile of domestic workers and their employers in the Philippines, and provides an insight into two important aspects of domestic work, namely wages and working hours.

7. Brochure WTO/ILO of Making Globalization Socially Sustainable

   20 September 2011

8. Working time in the twenty-first century

   26 August 2011

   Discussion report for the Tripartite Meeting of Experts on Working Time Arrangements

9. Convention No. 189 - Questions and answers

   10 August 2011

   This short factsheet will help you understand what Convention No. 189 is, who it covers, and what minimum standards it sets.

10. The impact of taxes and transfers on inequality: Policy Brief No.4

    05 August 2011

11. Executive summary - Regulating for Decent Work. New directions in labour market regulation

    13 June 2011

    This book, the first in the new series Advances in Labour Studies, is an international and interdisciplinary response to the neoliberal ideologies that have shaped labour market regulation in recent decades. It draws on contributions by leading experts across a range of disciplines, including economics, law, political science and industrial relations. International in scope, it includes chapters on both advanced economies (Canada, Europe, United States) and the developing world (Brazil, China, Indonesia, Tanzania). The volume advances the academic and policy debates on post-crisis labour regulation by identifying new challenges, subjects and theoretical perspectives. In contrast to the dominant deregulatory approaches, it calls for labour market regulation to be reinvigorated.

12. Flyer - Regulating for Decent Work. New directions in labour market regulation

    13 June 2011

    This book, the first in the new series Advances in Labour Studies, is an international and interdisciplinary response to the neoliberal ideologies that have shaped labour market regulation in recent decades...

13. Coverage of domestic workers by key working conditions laws

    13 June 2011

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

14. 

    Regulating for Decent Work. New directions in labour market regulation

    13 June 2011

    This book, the first in the new series Advances in Labour Studies, is an international and interdisciplinary response to the neoliberal ideologies that have shaped labour market regulation in recent decades. It draws on contributions by leading experts across a range of disciplines, including economics, law, political science and industrial relations. International in scope, it includes chapters on both advanced economies (Canada, Europe, United States) and the developing world (Brazil, China, Indonesia, Tanzania). The volume advances the academic and policy debates on post-crisis labour regulation by identifying new challenges, subjects and theoretical perspectives. In contrast to the dominant deregulatory approaches, it calls for labour market regulation to be reinvigorated.

15. Global and regional estimates on domestic workers

    27 May 2011

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

16. Decent work for domestic workers: Frequently asked questions on standard-setting at the 100th International Labour Conference

    23 May 2011