All publications: Colombia
ILO Working Paper 178
Climate-Related Heat Stress and Occupational Mortality in Colombia
This paper looks at the relationship between high temperatures and mortality among workers in Colombia, identifying the occupations most affected and highlighting the need for stronger prevention and social protection measures.
Labour market inclusion for refugees and other forcibly displaced persons
Colombia: Equal rights as a foundation for inclusion and equal opportunity and treatment
This brief is part of the series 'Labour market inclusion for refugees and other forcibly displaced persons' produced by the International Labour Organization.
ILO Working Paper 169
Unpacking informality: A multidimensional policy decomposition
This working paper presents a practical additive decomposition of informal employment, showing where policy action can reduce it. Applied to the case of Colombia, it identifies the main factors behind recent declines in informality.
Collective bargaining
Collective bargaining models in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
This comparative study brings together the legal frameworks, institutions and mechanisms that govern collective bargaining in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, providing a clear overview of their respective models and specific features.
Information sheet
The ILO and the social and solidarity economy in Latin America and the Caribbean
This document provides an overview of the ILO’s recent and ongoing work on the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Guidelines on costing and financing: Recognition of prior learning
ILO Working Paper 143
Collective bargaining and collective action in the platform economy
This working paper was prepared in 2024 and reviews developments internationally since 2021 relating to the exercise of the right to bargain collectively and the existence of collective agreements among workers in the platform economy. The paper...
Workshop
Training on Employment Assessment for Development Planning and GAIN Regional Hub Launch
Latin America and the Caribbean
Survey on workers on web-based digital platforms
This report summarises a survey of 1,153 digital platform workers in Latin America and the Caribbean. It analyses their profile, working conditions and income, revealing precariousness, informality and lack of social protection. 52% use these...
Assessment of drivers and constraints to occupational safety and health improvement in the sugar cane supply chain in Colombia
This ILO study analyzes the factors that promote and hinder occupational safety and health across every link of the sugarcane supply chain in Colombia and proposes intervention models to strengthen it.
GB.351/INS/11/4
Report of the Committee set up to examine the representation alleging non-observance by Colombia of Conventions Nos 3, 12, 17, 18, 24, 25...
Committee set up to examine the representation alleging non-observance by the Government of Colombia of the Maternity Protection Convention, 1919 (No. 3), the Workmen’s Compensation (Agriculture) Convention, 1921 (No. 12), the Workmen’s Compensation...
Brief
Providing care through the social and solidarity economy - Colombia
Research brief
Decent Work for displaced people: Lessons from the experiences of Venezuelan Migrant and Refugee workers in Colombia and Brazil
Currently, all workers in Colombia and Brazil are facing enormous challenges to organize themselves at the workplace. For refugee and migrant workers without higher education or professional credentials, the obstacles are even greater. In response...
SCORE Programme Brochure
Introduction to the ILO SCORE Programme: Supporting small and medium-sized enterprises to grow and create better jobs.
Strategic Compliance Planning in action, Stories of Change
The stories chronicle practical uses of the ILO’s Strategic Compliance Planning (SCP) methodology to help labour inspectorates achieve measurable improvements in labour law compliance for over 500,000 workers across 12 Member States.
Social Finance Brief: Seguros Bolivar
In 2018, the Colombian insurance company Seguros Bolivar launched “Tranquilidad Pymes”, a multi-risk insurance product to protect micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Colombia. This Social Finance Brief shows how the company developed its...
ILO Working paper 86
Negotiations by workers in the informal economy
This paper provides empirical evidence from Africa, Asia and the Americas on negotiations and collective bargaining by workers in the informal economy.
Refugee crisis
The role of employer and business membership organizations in promoting the labour market integration of refugees
Good practices from Colombia, Germany, Türkiye and Uganda
Selling insurance through agent networks
Distribution is one of the biggest obstacles in offering insurance services to low-income households, small enterprises and rural communities. Digital channels offer new opportunities, but a more high-touch model is often needed to educate...
Social Finance Brief: Pacífico Seguros
Pacífico Seguros is Peru’s largest insurer in terms of premiums collected and second largest in terms of people insured. In this Social Finance Brief, we explore "Protected Business", an insurance product designed by Pacífico to cover the main risks...