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Virtual Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

COVID-19: Immediate relief needed to protect workers and enterprises, says ILO Director-General

Priority attention should be given to small enterprises, unprotected workers and those in the informal economy, says the Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder, in a statement to the Spring Meeting of the IMF/World Bank...

Virtual Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

We need a human-centred response to COVID-19 through global solidarity

In a statement to the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the IMF and World Bank, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder, outlined the steps that need to be taken to lessen the impact of the crisis on...

Press release

In times of crisis, solidarity between workers and employers is paramount, says the ILO

Past crises show that workers and employers need to work together to address the impact of COVID-19, says a new joint report from the International Labour Organization’s workers’ and employers’ groups.

COVID-19 response

Employment-Intensive Investment-Programme (EIIP)'s Response to COVID-19

Rationale for EIIP response, summary of actions, and helpful tools and guidelines for partners

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

COVID-19 cruelly highlights inequalities and threatens to deepen them

The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating already existing inequalities – from catching the virus, to staying alive, to coping with its dramatic economic consequences. Policy responses must ensure that support reaches the workers and enterprises who...

Blog

Resilience and decent work can mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on Jordan’s labour market

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

COVID-19: Social protection systems failing vulnerable groups

Governments must use the momentum created by the COVID-19 pandemic to make rapid progress toward collectively financed, comprehensive, and permanent social-protection systems.

New skills for a brighter future - Soumaya's story

Ten months ago, Syrian Soumaya Mohammed found work at a garment factory with the help of the Azraq Centre for Employment (ACE). She tells the ILO in her own words what it’s like to have regular work, an income and a new profession.

A Joint Programme Launch in Mongolia: Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness

The UN Joint Programme on Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness project was launched on February 12, 2020, Wednesday, in the Meeting Room of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection.

Decent minimum wages across the EU

World Employment and Social Outlook - Trends 2020

Insufficient paid work affects almost half a billion people, new ILO report shows

A lack of decent work combined with rising unemployment and persisting inequality is making it increasingly difficult for people to build better lives through their work, according to the latest edition of the ILO’s global report on employment and...

World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2020

Insufficient paid work affects almost half a billion people, new ILO report shows

A lack of decent work combined with rising unemployment and persisting inequality is making it increasingly difficult for people to build better lives through their work, according to the latest edition of the ILO’s global report on employment and...

UNHCR and ILO to launch a joint initiative to support the urbanization and economic integration process of Malian refugees in Niger

Trade unions

ITUC wage campaign steps up efforts to increase wages in the Balkans

In 2017, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) launched a global wage campaign to support trade union action to increase wages. Most of the activities had taken place in Asia, Latin America and Africa so far. In July 2019, ITUC extended...

Our impact, their voices

Water is wealth for Sri Lankan farmers

The legacy of conflict combined with climate change brought drought and impending disaster to northern Sri Lankan farmers. An ILO project helped to restore water and put them back on the road to a more prosperous life.

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

New ILO research identifies policies to tackle poverty and inequality

Combining active labour market policies with income support makes both measures more effective in tackling poverty and helping people find decent work, a new report finds.

United Nations General Assembly

UN Secretary-General announces new Climate Action Summit jobs initiative, urges countries to join

The initiative provides a roadmap for ensuring that people’s jobs and well-being are at the centre of the transition to a carbon-neutral economy.

« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | ETHIOPIA - “The training helped me to understand the importance of team work which is critical to improve...

An ILO project is contributing to the development of a socially sustainable textile and garment industry in Ethiopia through improved labour relations, productivity, wages and working conditions.

US delegation visits ILO projects addressing child labour in cocoa-farming communities in Côte d'Ivoire

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, September 3, 2019 – A delegation of staff members from the United States House of Representatives visited a cocoa-growing community, which benefited from four International Labour Office (ILO) projects aimed at eliminating...

Increase of minimum wage

What did North Macedonia learn from reforming the minimum wage?

The country in the Southeast of Europe went for a bold reform of the minimum wage system in 2017 and asked the ILO for support in assessing the impact of this policy on income equality and employment. A new ILO study provides encouraging findings.