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Labour Market 2026
Understanding different forms of informality can help shape more effective policy responses in Latin America and the Caribbean
A new report from the International Labour Organization calls for employment policies to combine formalization, skills development, productivity and social protection to best adapt to demographic, technological and economic changes.
World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2026
840,000 deaths a year linked to psychosocial risks at work
New global report shows how poorly designed or managed work, including high demands, long hours, and job insecurity in poorly managed workplaces are damaging workers’ health and the economy.
News
Yukiko Arai appointed Director of the ILO Office for the Southern Cone of Latin America
As of 1 April 2026, Yukiko Arai has taken up her functions as Director of the ILO Office for the Southern Cone of Latin America, where she will lead efforts to promote decent work and social dialogue in the region.
Working time
ILO: Long working hours and care burdens deepen inequalities in Latin America
The new ILO Southern Cone technical report analyzes evidence from seven Latin American countries and shows how time-use surveys help better understand the relationship between working hours, care, commuting and well-being, providing key inputs for...
International Women’s Day 2026
Care, decent work and social protection: ILO analyzes key elements to build comprehensive and sustainable systems
A new ILO publication examines how to advance towards care systems based on gender equality, shared social responsibility and financial sustainability.
World of Work Series: Employment and Social Trends 2026
Global job quality stagnates despite resilient growth
Challenges persist, especially for youth and women, the Employment and Social Trends 2026 report warns.
Labour Overview 2025
Employment holds steady in Latin America and the Caribbean, but informality and inequality persist
In its newly released Labour Overview 2025, the ILO finds that despite gains, structural gaps and informality persist as changes in the world of work demand attention.
Child labour
Latin America and the Caribbean consolidate their regional roadmap to accelerate the eradication of child labour
Representatives of governments, employers and workers from 31 countries agreed on the strategic basis for the IV Strategic Plan 2026–2030 of the Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour, which defines the regional...
#AMR2025
ILO’s 20th American Regional Meeting opens with renewed commitment to social justice, and to inclusive and sustainable development
Government, employer and worker representatives from across the Americas gather in the Dominican Republic to address key issues for the world of work.
International Year of Cooperatives
ILO Rural Development Academy 2025 highlights social and solidarity economy approaches
The 2025 ILO Academy on Rural Development held a session on the social and solidarity economy (SSE). The participants explored how the SSE can advance decent work and inclusive rural development through global perspectives and country experiences...
Global progress on social justice slowed by persistent inequalities, new ILO report warns
New assessment shows advances in poverty reduction, education and productivity, but progress has stalled in recent years, leaving deep inequalities and eroding trust in institutions.
Care economy
ILO and the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean call for investment in care to generate millions of formal job
New study shows that investing in care systems can generate 31 million jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the majority in the formal economy.
International Year of Cooperatives
Chile certifies 14 new trainers on ILO Think.COOP and Start.COOP methodologies for aquaculture
The ILO played a key technical role, ensuring methodological consistency, providing ongoing assistance and coordinating efforts with national actors to consolidate a network of trainers specialising in aquaculture cooperatives.
Cooperatives
ILO and partners present roadmap to strengthen rural cooperatives and advance formalization of the rural economy in Chile
ILO adopts landmark Convention on biological hazards in the working environment
The International Labour Conference – the annual meeting of the International Labour Organization – also held a first standard-setting discussion on decent work in the platform economy, among other issues.
ILO/UNICEF
Despite progress, child labour still affects 138 million children globally
New report shows an almost 50 per cent reduction since start of century, but world fails to reach elimination targets.
International Labour Standards
Chile renews its commitment to the promotion of occupational safety and health by ratifying a fundamental convention
Chile has now completed the ratification of the eleven fundamental ILO standards.
Social and solidarity economy
ILO strengthens partnerships with the cooperative movement in Latin America and the Caribbean to promote decent work
The ILO reaffirmed its commitment to advance the role of cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) in promoting decent work, the care economy, and sustainable development.
AI and digitalization are transforming safety and health at work
A new ILO report unveils opportunities and risks ahead of World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
Press release
ILO unveils key data on web-based platform work in Latin America and the Caribbean
New ILO report provides unprecedented data on workers in web-based digital platforms in Latin America and the Caribbean.