All publications: migrant workers, social protection
Social Protection Coverage in Ethiopia A Fact-Finding Report Based on the ILO-Social Security Inquiry (SSI) Data Collection Tool
This fact-finding report provides a comprehensive baseline of the country's social protection schemes, expenditures, and institutional frameworks by utilizing the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Social Security Inquiry (SSI) data...
Report
Unlocking the transformative potential of lifecycle social protection through an integrated and multi-tiered system
A summary report on Oman’s reform of its social security system explores how the country is building a rights-based, integrated and sustainable social protection system that expands coverage across the lifecycle.
ILO Brief
Intervention Model: How to extend social protection to migrant workers, refugees and other displaced persons in the context of climate...
This Intervention Model aims to provide policymakers and practitioners with succinct practical guidance on how to extend social protection to migrant workers, refugees and other displaced populations so as to protect them against the adverse effects...
Worker's Rights Guide for Immigrants in São Paulo
This booklet provides clear and accessible guidance on labour rights in Brazil, including the hiring process, working hours, wages, benefits, and workplace safety. It also offers information on how to respond in situations of violence or...
Employer perspectives on social protection for expatriate workers in Kuwait
This report complements a review of national social protection legislation in GCC countries and presents a perspective on social protection from the point of view of employers registered with the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI)....
Introducing STREAM: Advancing Social Protection for Migrant Workers in the South Asia–Gulf Corridor
ILO Brief
Intervention Model: For extending social protection to migrant fishers
Drawing from the ILO Guide on “Extending Social Protection to Migrant Workers, Refugees, and their Families” developed in collaboration with ISSA and ITCILO, the Intervention Models aim to provide policymakers and practitioners with succinct...
Migrant workers
Manual of operations for Migrant Worker Resource Centers (MRCs) in the Philippines
This provides a comprehensive guide for planning, managing, and improving rights-based, gender-responsive MRCs, offering strategies, case examples, and training materials for effective operations.
Fact sheet
Supporting a Talent Partnership with Bangladesh
This publication provides comprehensive information about the Talent Partnership project, which is implemented by ILO Bangladesh and funded by the European Union.
Social protection
ILO Strategy on extending social protection to migrant workers, refugees and their families
All members of society have the right to social security, including migrant workers, refugees, and their families. However, they face numerous legal and practical obstacles in accessing social protection. Based on the principles of equality of...
Access to social protection for Nepalese migrant workers in countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
Access to social protection for Nepalese migrant workers in countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC).
Social protection for migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: A regional mapping of provisions on paper and in practice
The International Labour Organization (ILO) in Timor-Leste at a glance (October 2023)
Timor-Leste has been active member of the ILO since the year of 2003. Currently, the work of the ILO in Timor-Leste is shaped within the framework of the tripartite approved Timor-Leste Decent Work Country Programme for 2022-2025 (DWCP).
Social protection coverage for national and migrant workers in the formal private sector in the GCC countries.
The infographic charts the systems of social protection available for workers in the private sector in each country of the GCC.
ILO Brief
Intervention Model: The eight-step process to negotiating a social security agreement
Technical study on the “Challenges faced by Egyptian workers abroad in terms of access to social protection services, taking into account...
Reforming end-of-service indemnity for migrant workers in Member States of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
Policy options for the progressive realization of international social security standards
Review of National Social Protection Legislation and Legal Frameworks for Migrant Workers in the Gulf Countries
Extending social protection to migrant workers in the Gulf Countries
Social protection coverage for national and migrant workers in the Arab World