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Platform economy
ILO and partners strengthen collaboration on protecting platform workers in China
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...
Wage policies
ILO reaches agreement on the issue of living wages
A decision by the ILO’s Governing Body opens the way for new work by the ILO on estimating and operationalizing living wages, and on engaging with living wage initiatives.
Occupational exposure to UVR
Working under the sun causes 1-in-3 deaths from non-melanoma skin cancer, say WHO and ILO
New research has found that exposure to ultraviolet solar radiation is a major cause of work-related cancer deaths globally, and more needs to be done on prevention and mitigation.
How to ensure decent work and job quality for essential workers
Whilst key workers generate considerable benefits and kept our societies and economies afloat during the pandemic, they lack decent working conditions. A joint Eurofound-ILO event discussed this.
ILO launches campaign to mark Pay Equity Day in Jordan
The social media campaign serves as an extension of the national effort carried out by the Decent Work for Women Programme in collaboration with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Jordanian Committee for Pay Equity.
ILO participates in Trinidad and Tobago Industrial Court Symposium
Event explored pandemic effects on policymaking, employers and workers
Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
ILO Director-General statement to the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC)
Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
ILO Director-General statement to the Development Committee
World Employment and Social Outlook
Ensure decent work for key workers
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how societies have undervalued essential workers, as well as the importance of giving such workers adequate pay and decent working conditions.
WESO Trends 2023
Economic slowdown likely to force workers to accept lower quality jobs
Faltering global employment growth and the pressure on decent working conditions risk undermining social justice, according to the ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023 report.
Faltering global employment growth and the pressure on decent working conditions risk undermining social justice
According to the ILO report "World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023", workers may be forced to accept lower quality jobs as a result of the economic slowdown, insufficient global employment growth and the difficulty of promoting decent...
New ILO report on working time arrangements
It looks at the two main aspects of working time: working hours and working time arrangements, and the effects of both on business performance and workers' work-life balance.
Working time around the world
Flexible working hours can benefit work-life balance, businesses and productivity
According to a new ILO report, innovative working time arrangements, such as those introduced during the COVID-19 crisis, can bring benefits for economies, businesses and workers, including greater productivity and improved work-life balance.
Working time around the world
ILO to release report on working time, working hours and work-life balance
5th ITUC World Congress
ILO Director-General calls for policies that support equity and social justice
Addressing the 5th World Congress of the International Trade Union Confederation in Melbourne, Gilbert F. Houngbo called for a Global Coalition for Social Justice to prioritize social justice in policy making and tackle multiple crises that are...
Social justice
International labour standards as human rights
Tim de Meyer, Senior Advisor in the ILO’s International Labour Standards Department (NORMES), explains how rights and standards in the world of work are linked to human rights and why they are essential for establishing social justice and decent...
ILO discusses the socio-economic impact of the pandemic in the European Parliament
At a hearing in the European Parliament, the Director of ILO-Brussels shared some key learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic, and discussed how its socio-economic consequences can be tackled.
Greening workplaces
Enterprises must be key actors in the green transition
Greening workplaces will play an increasingly important role in the green transition, as well as being an aspect of work life that matters greatly to both workers and employers. Read the new ILO report launched during COP27.
ILO Monitor on the World of Work
Global labour market to deteriorate further as Ukraine conflict and other crises continue
Unemployment and inequality both look set to rise because multiple and overlapping economic and political crises are threatening labour market recovery worldwide, according to the latest edition of the ILO Monitor on the World of Work.