All publications: Telecommunications and information technologies
Promoting and demonstrating STEM-related hard and soft skills through adaptive, creative, and innovative approaches in the midst of...
Women are 20% more likely than men to lose their job as a consequence of automation. Female employment in these sectors is currently very low and concentrated in low-skilled occupations.
Infographic -- Labour market analysis for ICT courses at BBPLK Bekasi
An infographic of the Women in STEM Project in Indonesia report with the same title
Labour market analysis for ICT courses at Technical and Vocational Education and Training (BBPLK) Bekasi
This report aims to help understand the problems that cause the gap between the supply of ICT-trained and -educated graduates of BBPLK Bekasi in one hand and the demand from SMEs on the other.
Brief
From potential to practice: Preliminary findings on the numbers of workers working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic
ILO Working paper 27
Platform work and the employment relationship
This working paper analyses national and supranational case law and legislation about the employment status of platform workers. It does so by referring to the ILO Employment Relationship Recommendation, 2006 (No. 198). It finds that this...
World Employment and Social Outlook 2021
Summary: The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work
This report examines how digital labour platforms are transforming the world of work and how that affects employers and workers. It focuses on two main types of digital labour platform: online web-based platforms, where tasks are performed online...
World Employment and Social Outlook 2021
The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work
This ILO flagship report explores how the contemporary platform economy is transforming the way work is organized, and analyses the impact of digital labour platforms on enterprises, workers and society as a whole.
ILO Working paper 24
Online digital labour platforms in China: Working conditions, policy issues and prospects
This paper summarizes the results of an ILO survey, conducted in 2019, of workers’ characteristics and working conditions on three major digital labour platforms in China.
Rapid assessment of information and communication technology skills demand in Indonesia
This rapid assessment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skill demands was conducted by analyzing available job vacancies and direct survey of companies.
Mobile women and mobile phones: Women migrant workers’ use of information and communication technologies in ASEAN
The joint ILO-UN Women Safe and Fair Programme: Realizing women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in the ASEAN region (part of the multi-year EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls) undertook a qualitative...
The feasibility of using big data in anticipating and matching skills needs
Infographics -- Rapid assessment of ICT skills demands in Indonesia 2020
This rapid assessment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skill demands was conducted by analyzing available job vacancies and direct survey to companies.
Synthesis report: Skills shortages and labour migration in the field of information and communication technology in Canada, China, Germany,...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the delivery of TVET in CARICOM Member States
The capacity of technical and vocation education instructors to design, deliver, and assess student learning during the COVID-19 pandemic is critical to maintaining continuity of skills development. The objective of the survey was to understand the...
Technical Brief
Using digital technologies in employment-intensive works
This technical brief presents examples of the Employment-Intensive Investment Programme’s (EIIP) use of digital technologies during the planning, implementation, monitoring and closure/evaluation phases of a project cycle.
COVID-19 and the media and culture sector
This brief highlights the impact of COVID-19 on the media and culture sector, hit hard by unemployment and closed productions. It analyses how the sector’s diversity in terms of contract types and occupations creates challenges in accessing social...
The economic contribution of Indian migrants to the EU -Two sector case studies
In an attempt to understand better the drivers and impact of economic contributions of Indian immigrants to destination country economies at a micro level, this study focuses on two country-sector case studies - dairy/cheese industry in Northern...
ILO Working paper 1
"System needs update":Upgrading protection against cyberbullying and ICT-enabled violence and harassment in the world of work
The term ‘cyberbullying’ has been used to describe aggressive conducts carried out through information and communication technologies (ICT), and can involve picture/video clips, emails, or social network sites, among others.
Publication
Telework in the 21st century: An evolutionary perspective
A new conceptual framework explaining the evolution of telework over four decades.
Publication
Telework in the 21st century: An evolutionary perspective (online pdf)