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Part-Time Work
Kazakhstan ratifies the Part-Time Work Convention, 1994 (No. 175)
ILO Monitor on the World of Work
ILO: Labour market recovery goes into reverse
Recovery in the global labour market is threatened by multiple and interlinked global crises, as well as increasing inequalities, according to the latest ILO report on the world of work.
Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
Statement by Mr Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization, to the Development Committee
Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
Statement by Mr Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization, to the IMFC
Occupational safety and health in teleworking
Crucial changes needed to protect workers’ health while teleworking
New analysis from the ILO and WHO sets out recommendations for safe and productive hybrid and teleworking.
Rapid assessment
ILO estimates underscore Afghanistan employment crisis
A rapid assessment by the International Labour Organization highlights huge losses in jobs and working hours since the change in administration with women workers especially hard hit.
WESO Trends 2022
ILO downgrades labour market recovery forecast for 2022
The ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook Trends 2022 report warns of a slow and uncertain recovery, as the pandemic continues to have a significant impact on global labour markets.
COVID-19: ILO Monitor – 8th edition
ILO: Employment impact of the pandemic worse than expected
Ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit, ILO warns on stalled global labour market recovery and significant disparities between advanced and developing economies.
Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
Two-track recovery undermines trust and solidarity
In a statement to the IMF and World Bank annual meetings, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder said countries must increase investments in social protection, decent work and a just transition.
World Day Against Child Labour
Child labour rises to 160 million – first increase in two decades
The International Labour Organization and UNICEF warn nine million additional children at risk as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
WESO Trends 2021
Slow jobs recovery and increased inequality risk long-term COVID-19 scarring
ILO projections highlight the danger of a COVID-19 labour market legacy of increased geographic and demographic inequality, rising poverty and fewer decent jobs.
Occupational health
Long working hours can increase deaths from heart disease and stroke, say ILO and WHO
The number of people working long hours globally has increased over time, to an estimated 479 million workers, or nine per cent of the global population.
Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF Development Committee
COVID-19 recovery must be human-centred
To be effective, we need a global response that is addresses poverty and inequalities, promotes social dialogue, strengthens the institutions of work and supports social justice, the ILO’s Director-General said.
Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
We need a just transition and a green recovery from COVID-19
To be effective, pandemic recovery strategies must be as human-centred in their impact as the effects of the crisis itself have been, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder told the IMF Committee.
COVID-19: ILO Monitor – 7th edition
ILO: Uncertain and uneven recovery expected following unprecedented labour market crisis
The latest analysis of the labour market impact of COVID-19 by the ILO, records massive damage to working time and income, with prospects for a recovery in 2021 slow, uneven and uncertain unless early improvements are supported by human-centred...
Media advisory
ILO to release new report on the effects of COVID-19 on labour markets
Working from home
Homeworkers need to be better protected, says the ILO
The dramatic increase in working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the poor working conditions experienced by many homeworkers who, prior to the crisis, numbered an estimated 260 million people worldwide.
Media advisory
ILO to release report on homeworkers
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.
Social dialogue
Social dialogue crucial to tackling impact of COVID-19
Agreements between governments, employers and workers help protect workers, businesses and economies during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report says.