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ILO: Developing countries should invest US$1.2 trillion to guarantee basic social protection

Closing the coverage gap, worsened by COVID-19, will require additional sources of financing says a new ILO study.

G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

ILO Director-General’s remarks at G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting (LEMM): Update on Global Labour Markets

G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Time to talk about building back a better world of work, Director-General tells L20 trade union leaders

The ILO’s Director-General has told L20 trade union leaders that international solidarity and common purpose are essential to building back better from the COVID-19 crisis.

Our impact, their voices

Clean water for life and livelihoods amid pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the need for clean water to prevent infection, while making it more difficult for some remote and vulnerable communities to access supplies. In the Philippines, an ILO-Japan project is developing better water...

Q&A

A Private Sector Perspective on COVID19 – Conclusion of Joint Webinar Series between ILO and the Pacific Employers

Responding to the demand for deeper private sector dialogue from employer and business membership organizations in the Pacific, an eight part webinar series was launched in collaboration between the Pacific Island Private Sector Organization (PIPSO)...

COVID-19: Supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes

Employers and workers join forces to reinstate the past glory of Indonesian garment and footwear industries

The COVID-19 pandemic has threaten the health and livelihoods of workers and employers around the world, including Indonesia. The Indonesian employers and workers from the garment and footwear industries have opted to join forces to overcome the...

COVID-19: Supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes

Towards concerted efforts for business sustainability and protection of workers of garment and footwear industries

The ILO facilitates dialogue among government, workers’ and employers’ organizations on strengthening the coordination and efforts to promote sustainability of business and protection of workers in garment and footwear industries.

Safe return to work

Opening address at the ILO, WHO and the Government of the Philippines Joint Meeting on Safe Return to Work for MSMEs

By Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the ILO, WHO and the Government of the Philippines Joint Meeting on Safe Return to Work for MSMEs, 22 July 2020, Manila, Philippines

COVID-19 and social dialogue

Tackling the impact of COVID-19 pandemic with transparencies between employers and workers

What can employers and workers do to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic? They can work together. The ILO calls for the cooperation between representatives of employers and workers through social dialogues.

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Social Security in Chile: the Future of Pensions and the Proposal to Withdraw 10 Per Cent

The proposal to withdraw up to 10 per cent of total individual pension fund savings responds to households’ need to ensure income during the COVID-19 crisis as well as to the wider discussion of the future of the pension system in Chile, according...

Joint Committees strengthened through major training initiative

Intensive capacity building benefits worker and management Committee representatives alike

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

Social media campaign to promote social dialogue and OSH in the garment industry during the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted the garment industry and its supply chains. The ILO/IFC’s Better Work Indonesia (BWI) programme has conducted an advocacy and awareness raising campaign to promote win-win solutions for both management...

COVID-19: Supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes

ILO issues guidance for safe, healthy, return to work during COVID-19

Return to work policies should be informed by a human-centred approach that puts rights and international labour standards at the heart of economic, social and environmental strategies and ensures that policy guidance is embedded in national...

Prioritizing Security and Health Policies at Work is Necessary for the Post COVID-19 Reactivation of Production and Employment to be Safe...

ECLAC and the ILO presented a new joint publication in which they analyze labour challenges in the wake of the pandemic. The organizations indicate that the crisis will likely cause 11.5 million more people to be unemployed in Latin America and the...

Q&A

ILO support for employers during COVID-19 crisis

The COVID-19 crisis has put extraordinary pressure on employers and private sector businesses, to survive and continue to provide decent work. Deborah France Massin, Director of the ILO’s Bureau for Employers’ Activities, explains how they have been...

Greening the transport sector

Greening the transport sector in the post COVID-19 recovery could create up to 15 million jobs worldwide

Investment in transforming the transport sector could create millions of new jobs and help countries move to greener, healthier economies, says report from the International Labour Organization and the UN Economic Commission for Europe.

COVID-19: Social protection coverage

Plug social protection gaps in developing countries to prevent future crises, ILO says

Strengthened and comprehensive social protection systems will lessen the impact of crises such as COVID-19.

ILO Voices | Social protection

How to finance social protection in the age of COVID-19

It’s possible for developing countries to finance social protection for all their citizens, both in times of crisis and beyond, says development economist Jayati Ghosh.

Safe return to work

Bringing Back Jobs Safely: A presentation at the FINEX Forum on Beyond Financial Inclusion: International Lessons of Experience and Impact...

By Hideki Kagohashi, Enterprise Development Specialist, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines' Financial Inclusion and Women in Finance Committees (FINEX) Forum on Beyond Financial Inclusion:...

COVID-19: Protecting Workers in the workplace

Managing positive mental health during COVID-19 pandemic in garment industry

The ILO’s Better Work Indonesia developed an online stress management training to create positive working and living environment for workers and management of garment industry during the COVID-19 outbreak.