All publications: employers organizations

Field assessment - apprenticeship in Indonesia: report on visits to companies in Balikpapan and Greater Jakarta

This report reflected various aspects in apprenticeship such as recruitment of apprentices, program and duration of apprenticeship, organization of apprenticeship, certification, recruitment of the worker from the result of apprenticeship, etc.

Guideline on domestic apprenticeship program in Indonesia

This apprenticeship guideline refers to the technical level apprenticeship definition where apprentices are prospective workers who want to receive relevant work training, instead of school or college students who wish to receive on-the-job...

Enterprise Development, Growth and Enhancement (EDGE) (Fact sheet)

EDGE is an innovative training approach for employers’ organizations and business associations to assist their SME members develop the skills needed to improve productivity, competitiveness, and working conditions.

Formalizing enterprises in Mongolia: Challenges and policy directions

This report “Formalizing enterprises in Mongolia: Challenges and policy directions “ was developed with a view to making a contribution to the current policy discourse, specifically in terms of providing concrete recommendations to help create the...

WIBM: Guide Questions and Answers on ILO Golbal Report 2015

ACT/EMP Research note: Labour and social policy components in current trade agreements in Asia and the Pacific

This research note provides a brief overview of the current debates on social and labour components in trade agreements in Asia and the Pacific, with particular reference to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.

IOE-ILO guidance note on the 2014 Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930

Short note jointly produced by the ILO and IOE to support the employer/business engagement to implement the Forced Labour Protocol

Joint WHO/ILO briefing note for workers and employers

Ebola Virus Disease: Occupational safety and health

This briefing note is based on the existing WHO and ILO guides and recommendations for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) at the time of the publication. It will be updated as new information and recommendations become available.

Joint WHO/ILO briefing note for workers and employers

Ebola Virus Disease: Occupational safety and health

This briefing note is based on the existing WHO and ILO guides and recommendations for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) at the time of the publication. It will be updated as new information and recommendations become available.

Employer’s viewpoint on migration

Employer’s viewpoint on migration, retention and return of health-care workers: An Indian perspective

The report analyses incentives at the workplace level, programmes at the state level and policies at the bi- or multi-lateral levels to facilitate the acquisition and retention of Indian doctors between India and European countries.

Survey of ASEAN employers on skills and competitiveness

The Road to ASEAN Economic Community 2015: The challenges and opportunities for enterprises and their representative organizations

Private employment agencies and labour dispatch in China

This paper, written by LIU Genghua, discusses the development of private employment agencies in China, highlighting some of the main issues of concern to the agency industry.

ILO-Norway and ILO-Sweden Partnership programmes' contribution towards Outcome 9: Employers have strong, independent and representative...

Project: GLO/12/60/SID, and GLO/12/56/NOR

Law and practice of private employment agency work in South Africa

This paper, written by Paul Benjamin, presents the findings of a study on laws, regulations and practice relating to the work of employment agencies in South Africa, covering the “labour broking” industry and the recruitment and placement of...

Private employment agencies in South Africa

Presents findings about the work of private employment agencies in South Africa, focusing on empirical and statistical aspects. Covers temporary agency work and recruitment and placement of individuals in permanent or temporary jobs. It highlights...

Private employment agencies in the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden

This paper, written by Gijsbert van Liemt, discusses the development of private employment agencies in the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden, focusing on the period from the mid-1990s to 2013, highlighting some of the main issues of concern to the...

Bureau of Employers Activities in Nepal (ACT/EMP) (Fact sheet)

The ILO's Bureau for Employers' Activities is responsible for nurturing and developing the relationship between the ILO and the employers’ organizations. This fact sheet gives more information on ACT/EMP's activities in Nepal.

International Symposium, 5-6 September 2011, Geneva

The Business of Representing Business - Symposium Report

The Effective Employers' Organization

Services by Employers’ Organizations: A global overview of services in the field of labour law

A series of "hand-on" guides to building and managing effective employers’ organizations. Understanding challenges and opportunities