All publications: livelihoods + income generating activities + remuneration + minimum wage + low wages + incomes policy + income

Equal pay for work of equal value

Pay transparency legislation: Implications for employers' and workers' organizations

ILO Working paper 70

A global analysis of worker protest in digital labour platforms

This paper presents findings from the Leeds Index of Platform Labour Protest, a database of platform worker protest events around the world in four platform sectors: ride-hailing, food delivery, courier services and grocery delivery for the period...

Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean (Number 26): Real wages during the pandemic: trends and challenges

This edition of the Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean report, jointly prepared twice-yearly by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) analyses the...

ILO Working paper 65

Skills and employment transitions in Brazil

This paper analyses employment transitions and workers’ skills in Brazil between 2003 to 2018, developing a novel procedure to derive a measure of occupational distance and internationally comparable skill measures from occupations’ task...

ILO Monitor on the world of work. 9th edition

The report gives a global overview of how countries are tackling an uneven labour market recovery that has been further undermined by developments such as the Russian aggression against Ukraine, increases in inflation, and continuing strict COVID-19...

Integrated enterprise and market systems assessment on the refugee and host community livelihoods in Sudan

This report details the findings of market assessments conducted on the groundnut and sesame value chains in East Darfur and West Kordofan.

The ILO’s LEED+ Approach

Strengthening women's economic empowerment and access to Decent Work in Sri Lanka's Northern province

At the core of women's economic empowerment is access and agency; while access to skills, resources, services, and market opportunities is one aspect of advancement, the other, agency is about the power of decision-making. This document provides a...

Being self-aware in the midst of a pandemic: Compilation of the nominees and winners’ OSH journalistic works competition

This book is a compilation of the works of journalists who were nominated for 10 print or online categories and 10 nominations for the photo category. The themes range from mental health, implementation of health protocols during a pandemic, to the...

ILO Working paper 48

Technological solutions to guaranteed wage payments of construction workers in China

The paper examines in detail the Enterprise Wage Payment Online Supervision System (EWPOSS) of Zhejiang Province and analyses how the IT-enabled system has contributed to improving the efficiency of the local labour inspectorates in addressing wage...

Labour Overview series for Latin America and the Caribbean 2021

Overview of social protection systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: Progress and setbacks in the face of the pandemic - Technical note

The crisis triggered by the COVID-19 outbreak has exposed the gap that persists in the region to achieve comprehensive protection systems, based on a social protection floor which guarantees for universal access to health and economic security over...

COVID-19 and the world of work

COVID-19: policy responses in Indonesia (Last updated: 6 October 2021)

Countries, including Indonesia, are taking unprecedented measures to combat the spread of the disease, while ameliorating its pernicious effect on the economy and labour market.

ADWA'

Rapid Labour Force Survey On the Impact of COVID-19 in Morocco: Third Wave

This document summarises the key findings of the third wave of rapid labour force surveys conducted by ILO and ERF between March 11th and April 24th 2021 to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on households, household enterprises and farmers in Morocco.

ILO Flagship Programme

Jobs for Peace and Resilience: Key facts and figures

COVID-19 and the world of work

COVID-19: policy responses in Timor-Leste (Last updated: 27 September 2021)

Countries, including Timor-Leste, are taking unprecedented measures to combat the spread of the disease, while ameliorating its pernicious effect on the economy and labour market.

World Social Protection Report 2020-22 – Chapter 4

Social protection for older women and men

Purchasing practices and working conditions in global supply chains: Results from field work in Bangladesh, China, India, South Africa and...

Communication Strategies on Child Labour: From awareness raising to action

A desk review with preliminary design ideas for campaigns in Africa and Europe

Rapid assessment of livestock markets in Jigjiga, Ethiopia

Building on a market assessment of refugee livelihoods conducted in 2018, this rapid follow-up assessment of the livestock sector in Jigjiga identified potential areas of market-based interventions to improve livelihoods of refugees and members of...

Factsheet

Factsheet: Youth for Future (Y4F) project

Y4F is an 8-year project implemented by the ILO and UNICEF in Egypt, and works on a three-pronged approach that combines skills development and career guidance services, capacity development of key stakeholders and policy engagement to improve...

Impact of minimum wages on wages and employment in selected Indian States

This paper attempts to gauge the impact of minimum wages on wages and employment in selected States and industries in the Indian context using the NSSO Periodic Labour Force Surveys 2017-18 and 2018-19.