Publications

2013

1. Work Sharing during the Great Recession: New developments and beyond

   15 May 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.

2. 

   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.

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

9. 

   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.

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

   Prepared for the Tripartite Meeting of Experts on Working Time Arrangements held in October 2011, this report analyses recent trends and developments relating to both the duration and organization of working time.

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.