Publications

Determinants of Productivity Recovery and Business Resilience

02 June 2023

This study aims to identify and analyse the main determinants of enterprise resilience and productivity recovery. The report undertakes a literature review and data analysis to provide insights into how businesses can boost their productivity and resilience.

Setting a minimum wage: A review of options for Pacific employer and business membership organizations

20 April 2023

Minimum wage-setting systems have become an important policy issue for employer and business member organizations (EBMOs) in the Pacific. In recent years, notable shifts have taken place. A few countries have seen significant minimum wage increases and many Pacific employers are concerned that the minimum wage-setting system in their country lacks evidence-based criteria and transparency, can become politicized, or can be influenced by outside guidance. This guide has been developed to support Pacific EBMO in benchmarking minimum wage setting in their country to the wider sub-region and to develop a deeper understanding of standards relating to wage setting, mechanisms that can be applied, and factors of concern to business and employers.

A practical guide to managing small Employer and Business Membership Organizations in the Pacific

13 March 2023

This guide is adapted from the ILO’s Managing Small Business Associations -Trainer’s Manual and the ITCILO series of resources for Effective Employer and Business Member Organizations. The material from these resources has been customized into a comprehensive and practical guide for leaders and managers of small Employer and Business Membership Organizations (EBMOs) in Pacific island countries to help them to review their EBMO’s operational structure and approach in different areas and to assist newer organizations to build appropriate structures and processes from the outset. The overarching aim of this guide is to help foster more resilient and sustainable EBMOs equipped to adapt and respond to the changing needs of their members and market conditions.

Enterprise Risk Management. A guide for EBMO's to promote efficiency and business resilience.

04 January 2023

Employer and Business Membership Organisations (EBMO's) can play a pivotal role in raising awareness about Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) across enterprises, sectors and countries to foster business resilience and preparedness for crises. This report is mainly aimed for EBMOs as a thought piece for action.

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