All publications: Telecommunications and information technologies
Full report
Business models for decent work
Executive Summary
Business models for decent work
Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 106
Regulatory options for conflicts of law and jurisdictional issues in the on-demand economy
Provides a global framework for thinking about the on-demand business model and assorted conflicts of law and jurisdictional issues.
Skills shortages and labour migration in the field of information and communication technology in India, Indonesia and Thailand
Fair recruitment initiative
General principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment and definition of recruitment fees and related costs
This document brings together the ILO general principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment (“principles and guidelines”) and the definition of recruitment fees and related costs.
Executive summary: Digital labour platforms and the future of work
This report provides one of the first comparative studies of working conditions on five major micro-task platforms that operate globally.
Report
Digital labour platforms and the future of work: Towards decent work in the online world
The report offers one of the first comparative studies of working conditions at five of the major, global, online micro-task platforms.
Emerging technologies and the future of work in India
The study emphasizes the socio-political dimensions of technological trajectories and their impact in India.
Employment Policy Brief
New automation technologies and job creation and destruction dynamics
This policy brief addresses the following question: is the labour-replacing potential of the technological revolution so far-reaching that it is inherently different from what has been experienced in the past, and on balance is an inhibitor rather...
Sustainable Development Goals
Trade Union Reference Manual on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
This reference manual, seeks to assist trade union leaders, members and sympathizers, in their engagement in these national strategies for sustainable development.
Series: Guides for Integrated Rural Access Planning and Community Contracting in the Water and Sanitation sector
Community Contracting to execute public works and manage services: Guide No. 3
Series: Guides for Integrated Rural Access Planning and Community Contracting in the Water and Sanitation sector
Conceptual guide for Integrated Rural Access Planning and Community Contracting in the Water and Sanitation sector: Guide No.1
Working anytime, anywhere: The effects on the world of work [Summary]
Research Department Working Paper n°16
The distribution of value added among firms and countries: The case of the ICT manufacturing sector
This paper investigates the evolutions of the supply chain in ICT manufacturing sector since 2000 and discusses the impact of these evolutions in terms of distribution of the value added across firms and across countries.
Child benefits
The Universal Child Money Programme in Mongolia
This universal social protection brief presents Mongolia's universal programme on child benefits: Its description, evolution, main impacts and future perspectives.
Research Department Working Paper n°13
New technologies: A jobless future or golden age of job creation?
This paper explains the dynamics of job destruction and job creation in the context of technological change.
Issues paper
Employment relationships in telecommunications services and in the call centre industry
Issues paper for discussion at the Global Dialogue Forum on the Employment Relationships in Telecommunications Services and in the Call Centre Industry (Geneva, 27–28 October 2015)
Lao-Korea National Skills Standards Development in the Construction, Automotive & ICT Sectors (Project fact sheet)
This project aims to support Lao DPR’s commitment in skills development; work with the construction sector started in 2009 and expanded to the automotive and ICT (information and communications technology) sectors in 2011 and 2013, respectively. The...
Synopsis of Nine Stories of Our Friendship with Domestic Workers: From Youth to Youth Programme (Teman Remaja Teman Setara)
Teman Remaja Teman Setara (From Youth to Youth) is an educational programme providing scholarships on video diary and photo story workshops and production for youth as part of the effort to promote decent work for domestic workers through their...
Work4Youth Publications
Labour market transitions of young women and men in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
This report presents the results of the School-to-work transition surveys (SWTS) implemented in six countries in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region – Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, the former Yugoslav Republic...