Publications

An introductory guide for employers' organizations: Tackling youth employment challenges

01 January 2011

This guide is part of an ongoing effort by the ILO and specifically by the Bureau for Employers’ Activities (ACT/EMP) to strengthen the capacity of employers’ organizations to deal with youth employment, especially in developing and transition countries. It is aimed at industry experts worldwide who wish to take action on youth unemployment in their own regions or countries. It provides specific employers’ perspectives on youth employment, which can be brought into the debate on policy and action.
Strategy for the prevention and elimination of child labour in businesses: The case of SODIMAC

01 January 2011

The mere existence of child labour is a limitation to decent work. As long as thousands of children work in dangerous conditions and with high risk for their moral, psychological, social and physical development, it will not be possible to generate a workforce of capable and competent adults who can ensure optimal economic development and a good quality of life for their families.

Persuasive communication

01 December 2010

A series of "hand-on" guides to building and managing effective employers’ organizations. Making the voice of business heard - How to design and implement more efficient strategies, techniques and tools of communication

Armenia: Productivity and Competitiveness

10 December 2008

This Handbook was produced within the project "Capacity building of employers' organizations in productivity and competitiveness in Caucasus and Central Asia", which was implemented by the Bureau of Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP) with funding from the Norwegian Government.
Azerbaijan: Productivity and competitiveness

10 December 2008

This Handbook was produced within the project "Capacity building of employers' organizations in productivity and competitiveness in Caucasus and Central Asia", which was implemented by the Bureau of Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP) with funding from the Norwegian Government.

Conclusions concerning the promotion of sustainable enterprises - International Labour Conference, June 2007

01 June 2007

The conclusions of this discussion provide an important contribution agreed by the ILO’s tripartite constituency of governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations on how to promote enterprise development in a manner that aligns enterprise growth with sustainable development objectives and the creation of productive employment and decent work.

Employers' organizations and enterprise development in the nformal economy: Moving from informality to formality (adapted from CD-ROM)

05 December 2006

Drawing together lessons learned, ACT/EMP has produced a CD-ROM information tool to guide action by employers' organizations in relation to the informal economy. This CD-ROM has been compiled into a PDF. Included are a number of studies done by employers' organizations and descriptions of the different types of action taken. The various interventions are documented and analysed to provide information and reference to help other employers' organizations or business associations to shape their own actions and interventions. The format of these studies is such that readers are able to use the information and material flexibly.
Employers' Organizations and the ILO Supervisory Machinery

05 December 2006

This publication contains, among other things, a description of the ILO's supervisory machinery, a summary of the complaints and representations made by employers' organizations, a description of the principles established by ILO supervisory bodies on Conventions No. 87, 98 and 144 and an assessment of the use of the supervisory machinery by employers' organizations. It is addressed to employers' organizations seeking assistance from the ILO standards supervisory procedures, as well as employer representatives acting as members in ILO supervisory bodies.

Legal Frameworks for Employers’ Organizations in Eastern European and Central Asian Countries

03 December 2005

This publication provides an overview of legislation in countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia related to employers' organizations, ranging from recognition and creation of employers' organizations, their internal organization and external activities, to conditions of suspension and dissolution. Special emphasis is given to a trend in these countries to adopt special laws on employers' organizations. An attempt is made to assess this legislation from the viewpoint of employers'.

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