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Panorama Laboral 2016

Unemployment increased sharply in Latin America and the Caribbean

The average unemployment rate reached 8.1 per cent, according to the annual report. There are 25 million people who are looking for work without success. The quality of employment has also deteriorated because of an increase in informality and...

Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators

Association of Individual and Organized Recovery in Local Economic Markets

“Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators” is a series of interviews with cooperative leaders from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives. For this issue, ILO interviewed Mr Samuel...

Formalizing Domestic Work

New strategies to reduce informality in domestic work

A new ILO report calls for a combination of incentives and compliance to reduce high levels of informality in domestic work.

Formalizing informal employment of domestic workers through cooperatives in Trinidad & Tobago

Non-standard forms of employment

ILO: Non-standard forms of employment, a feature of the contemporary world of work

Ensuring decent work for all non-standard forms of employment (NSFE) will require specific policies.

Transition to formal employment

ILO members agree on a roadmap to curb undeclared work in Greece

New initiative aims at reducing undeclared work that remains a significant feature of the Greek economy.

Young entrepreneurs from Latin America need innovative policies and government support

Around 20% of young people in the workforce currently qualify as entrepreneurs, mostly in conditions of economic vulnerability. ILO and UNDP considered necessary to "rethink" policies to improve the integration of youth in a labor market where...

Formalizing the Informal Sector

ILO provides a guide in the transition of workers from the informal sector to the formal sector in South Africa, Malawi and Mozambique.

ILO Director and Decent Work Team for the Caribbean participate in CARICOM tripartite consultations on Social Protection, Social Dialogue...

The advancement of the Decent Work Agenda in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) also on the agenda.

Informal Economy

Asia Pacific: Unions undertake commitment to organize informal workers

Towards Decent Work – Workers take action

Nearly 92 per cent of the Indian labour force is employed in the informal economy. It is crucial that workers learn about their rights so as to protect themselves from exploitation. However, for the future of work in India -- formalization is the...

Our impact, their voice

Informal workers’ rights have a home in Costa Rica and El Salvador

An ILO-supported project aims to counsel informal workers and establish institutional partnerships to create collective strategies to promote workers’ transition from the informal to the formal economy.

Development cooperation

ILO and Montenegro celebrate 10 years of cooperation

Since 2006, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Montenegro have been working together to create jobs, improve working conditions and promote rights at work.

Domestic work

Labour informality affects almost 80 per cent of the 18 million domestic workers in Latin America

A new ILO study highlights the urgency in continuing legislative reform to match domestic women workers’ rights with those of the rest of the workforce, as well as complementary implementation measures. 12 countries from this region have ratified...

Decent work

Tomoko Nishimoto, Assistant Director-General and Regional Director Asia and Pacific ILO, meets with the domestic workers community at...

Women domestic workers share their personal experiences with Nishimoto and talk about bringing a change.

Our impact, their voices

Helping Syrian refugees formalize their work status through cooperatives

The ILO is working with agricultural cooperatives to help Syrian refugees obtain work permits during a three-month grace period announced by the government of Jordan, in a further step to improve access of Syrian refugees to the formal labour market.

A First Step Toward Strengthening Domestic Workers’ Cooperatives in Trinidad and Tobago

Subregional seminar on “Informal Economy: trade union policies and actions”

On 13-14 June Baku, Azerbaijan, hosted the ILO seminar entitled “Informal Economy: Policies and actions of trade unions" and devoted to the ILO Recommendation No 204.

Our impact, their voice

“Step out of the shadow!”: How cartoons support a campaign to formalize the Kyrgyz economy

Last year, the International Labour Conference adopted the Recommendation concerning the transition from the informal to the formal economy (No.204). An innovative project in Kyrgyzstan shows how this transition can be facilitated in practice.

Informal economy

Viet Nam Cooperative Alliance, ILO join hands to facilitate the formalization of the informal economy

The two organizations sign an MoU to support the effective formulation and implementation of local strategies for promoting pro-poor employment, facilitating the transition to formality, inclusive economic development and sustainable business...