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ILO and its partners release a new COVID-19 Guideline to protect both businesses and workers
A new Guideline on COVID-19 Prevention at Workplace was jointly launched by the ILO and its partners, providing key preventive actions and measurements to ensure sustainable businesses and better protect workers in Indonesia.
Article
How the ILO can support vital public employment programmes during the COVID-19 crisis
Public employment programmes have played an increasingly important role in government responses to the COVID-19 crisis. In this article, Maikel Lieuw-Kie-Song, ILO Specialist on the Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) sheds light on...
Health at work
ILO joins partnership to promote global health
The ILO has joined 12 other multilateral organizations in a partnership to promote health at work and elsewhere, and help countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Greater labour force resilience and stronger partnerships among key successes of Barbados Employability Project
ILO-supported initiative prepares workers affected by pandemic to re-enter job market
ILO: Timid improvement for employment in the Caribbean during Q4 2020
The latest projections for 2021 presented in the ILO Monitor report show that most countries will experience a relatively strong recovery in the second half of the year.
COVID- 19
Leading business in times of COVID crisis. By Deborah France-Massin, Director, ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities
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...
BLOG
Some reasons for optimism in the wake of crises.By Gary Rynhart, Specialist in employers’ activities.
The Covid-19 pandemic has seen accelerated use and deployment of technology, from remote work and distributed workforces to online conferences, tele-medicine and online education. This will have profound implications for the future, but there is...
Media advisory
ILO to release new report on the effects of COVID-19 on labour markets
Decent work for peace and resilience
ILO addresses EU-UN consultation on Conflict Prevention, Peace and Stability
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.
Labour Overview 2020
COVID-19 leaves a trail of high unemployment, inactivity and precarious employment in Latin America and the Caribbean
Some 30 million people are unemployed and 23 million will have left the workforce due to the lack of opportunities. In 2021, employment will be in intensive care and the indicators could worsen, says ILO annual Labour Overview for Latin America and...
SCORE Training
Stay safe and resilient: ILO SCORE Programme expands its OSH and Business Continuity training under the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the world of work. Production disruptions have caused demand for many goods and services to plummet and forced enterprises around the world to suspend or scale down operations, with enormous impacts for workers.
ILO to launch 2020 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean
The annual report offers data and analysis on impacts of pandemic and will be presented at a virtual press conference on 17 December 2020.
Lessons learned from Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) policy development in South Africa
Social Economy
2020 Trade for Peace Week
Increased trade opportunities to promote decent jobs for peace in fragile and conflict-affected countries
ILO: COVID-19 recovery in the Caribbean will be gradual but working hour losses expected to remain high
New report assesses regional policy responses and makes recommendations for more sustainable labour solutions
What did ILO COOP do around the global COVID-19 pandemic?
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.
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