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Opening address at the “From cash to digital wage payments: a win-win for enterprises and women workers in the Philippines”

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the “From cash to digital wage payments: a win-win for enterprises and women workers in the Philippines”, 9 March 2021, Manila, Philippines via Zoom

International Women’s Day

ILO Director-General: "Let us invest in women as part of a human-centred recovery"

To mark International Women’s Day, ILO Director-General paid tribute to the tremendous efforts made by women during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Employment promotion

A new employment strategy and minimum wage for the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Palestinian government, worker and employer representatives hold a social dialogue conference, launching a new employment strategy developed with ILO support, raising the national minimum wage, and agreeing on steps forward to improve the labour...

Asia-Pacific Labour Market Insights

COVID-19 containment measures heighten wage inequality in Thailand and Viet Nam

Containment measures during 2020 to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to heightened inequality, as evidenced by emerging trends in key wage indicators in Thailand and Viet Nam.

Jobs for peace and resilience

COVID-19 is a threat to peacebuilding in conflict-affected nations

Humanitarian and development agencies should use COVID-19 crisis programmes to promote resilience and peace and help societies build back better.

APESO 2020

81 million jobs lost as COVID-19 creates turmoil in Asia-Pacific labour markets

Pandemic leads to huge reduction in working hours, reverses job growth and pushes millions into working poverty.

Labour migration

Migrant pay gap widens in many high-income countries

Migrants earn nearly 13 per cent less than national workers, an ILO study shows. In some countries, the gap is as much as 42 per cent.

Labour migration

Migrant pay gap widens in many high-income countries

Migrants earn nearly 13 per cent less than national workers, an ILO study shows. In some countries, the gap is as much as 42 per cent.

Media advisory

ILO to release report on migrant pay gap

Saudi Arabia ratifies ILO conventions setting out safeguards with crucial importance for the response to COVID-19

Saudi Arabia ratifies the Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) and the Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1964 (No. 120).

Global Wage Report 2020/21

Asia Pacific wage growth slows on COVID-19 impact: ILO Report

Fallout from pandemic felt throughout the region, however pace of wage growth remains higher than global levels.

Global Wage Report 2020-21

COVID-19 drives wages down, new ILO report finds

Even before the COVID pandemic hit, hundreds of millions of workers worldwide were being paid less than the minimum wage.

Global Wage Report 2020-21

COVID-19 drives wages down, including in Europe, new ILO report finds

Even before the COVID pandemic hit, hundreds of millions of workers worldwide were being paid less than the minimum wage.

The EU and UN agencies bolster social protection and decent jobs for Jordanians and refugees

The EU joins forces with ILO, UNHCR, and UNICEF to enhance vulnerable Jordanians and Syrian refugees’ access to dignified livelihood opportunities.

Media advisory

ILO to release new report on global wages and COVID-19

G20 Leaders’ Summit

ILO welcomes G20 continued commitment to safeguard livelihoods

ILO Director-General says job protection and creation, social protection and social dialogue are essential to minimize the long-term damage from the COVID-19 pandemic.

G20 Leaders’ Summit

G20 nations need to lead a global response to pandemic

In a speech at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Saudi Arabia, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder outlined the steps needed to restore economic growth and jobs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

When my parents lost their land, I had to leave school and go to work

The International Labour Organization has one of the largest programmes in the world that combats child labour. Read the story of a young boy who was forced into work when his family fell on hard times.

Rights at work

Fundamental rights at work can help build back better from COVID-19

Core work-related rights and principles can play a vital role in recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and help build back a better, more equitable, world of work, according to a new ILO paper.

Garment sector in Asia and the Pacific

Asia-Pacific garment industry suffers as COVID-19 impact ripples through supply chain

Collapsing consumer demand, government lockdown measures and disruptions to raw material imports have taken their toll on the Asia Pacific garment industry, says a new ILO report.