All publications: arrangement of working time + hours of work
Executive Summary
World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2021
In 2020, an estimated 8.8 per cent of total working hours were lost – the equivalent of the hours worked in one year by 255 million full-time workers. This summary indicator captures the various channels through which the pandemic has affected...
Report
World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2021
In 2020, an estimated 8.8 per cent of total working hours were lost – the equivalent of the hours worked in one year by 255 million full-time workers. This report provides a comprehensive assessment of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the...
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.
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...
Teleworking during the Covid-19 Pandemic and Beyond: A Practical Guide
“Teleworking during and after the Covid-19 pandemic”: Presentation of the seminar organised by the ILO Office for France in partnership with the ILO International Training Centre
Remote work and the right to disconnect in Europe
“Teleworking during and after the Covid-19 pandemic”: Presentation of the seminar organised by the ILO Office for France in partnership with the ILO International Training Centre
COVID-19 Pandemic in the World of Work
ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. 7th edition
Executive Summary
Working from home: From invisibility to decent work
ILO Working Paper 20
COVID-19, jobs and the future of work in the LDCs: A (disheartening) preliminary account
This paper provides an overview of the evolution of the COVID-19-induced health and labour market crises in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), drawing on a large set of available data and sources. It highlights how the outbreak is affecting jobs...
COVID-19 Pandemic in the World of Work
ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. 6th edition
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on jobs and incomes in G20 economies
Updated version of the ILO-OECD Covid-19 report, presented at the Leaders' Summit (virtual meeting, 21-22 November 2020)
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on jobs and incomes in G20 economies
Joint ILO-OECD Covid-19 report, prepared for the 3rd Employment Working Group (EWG) meeting under the Saudi G20 Presidency (virtual meeting, 19-20 August 2020)
COVID-19 Pandemic in the World of Work
ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. 5th edition
Factsheet
Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on loss of jobs and hours among domestic workers
The ILO estimates that, in the early stages of the pandemic, on 15 March 2020, 49.3% of domestic workers were significantly impacted. This figure peaked at 73.7% on 15 May, before reducing to 72.3% on 4 June.
Policy Brief
Working from Home: Estimating the worldwide potential
Staying in one’s job but performing work remotely is an excellent strategy for mitigating job losses and allowing for the continuation of many of our economies’ functions, but also for keeping the population safe. The objective of this brief is to...
Issue Brief no. 5 - Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining
Negotiating for decent working time - a review of practice
This Issue Brief gives an overview of the regulation of working time through collective agreements in different regions of the world and outlines innovative solutions by the bargaining partners. It presents practices from various countries, which...
Policy Discussion Paper: Working hours in Viet Nam
In the course of the discussions on the revision of the Labour Code, new attention was drawn to the issue of statutory working hours. A proposal has been put forward to reduce the current statutory weekly working hours, from 48 hour week to 44 or 40...
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)
Centenary of Convention No. 1 - Event flyer