All publications: social dialogue + tripartism + labour relations + collective bargaining + collective agreements

Guide to developing balanced working time arrangements

A practical guide or “how to” manual on working time arrangements - also known as “work schedules”.

Guide to developing balanced working time arrangements (epub)

Guide to developing balanced working time arrangements (mobi)

Publication

General Labour History of Africa: Workers, employers and governments, 20th-21st Centuries

This volume brings, for the first time, an African perspective within a global context to the study of labour and labour relations.

Practical guide: Managing industrial relations in the workplace - Guidelines for middle level management

This book was compiled from the results of the Industrial Relations Workshop which was attended by middle management representatives of APINDO member companies located in industrial estates, Bekasi and Tangerang.

Thailand Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) 2019-2021

The DWCP 2019 - 2021 was developed through intensive consultations between the ILO and its national constituents. It set out the three Country Priorities, which are 1) Promote an enabling environment for the growth of decent and productive...

Employer's Package Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA). Brochure.

International labour standards

Support GSP+ beneficiary countries to effectively implement international labour standards and comply with reporting obligations: Fact sheet

The European Union (EU) Generalized Scheme of Preference (GSP+) Freedom of Association (FOA) and Collective Bargaining (CB) project focuses on better application of key ILO Conventions ratified by the Philippines, ILO Convention No. 87, Freedom of...

The future of work and the teaching profession

Background document for the 13th Session of the CEART

The implications of education privatization on teachers in lower-income countries

Background document for the 13th Session of the CEART

Brochure

Integrated Strategy on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work 2017-2023

Rules of the Game: An introduction to the standards-related work of the International Labour Organization (Centenary edition 2019)

A brief presentation of the ILO’s standards policy with a view to facilitating understanding and ownership by the ILO’s traditional constituents, as well as the United Nations system, non-specialists and the broader public.

Working paper

The future of work in the health sector

This paper explores how changing technology, demographics and other drivers will change work in the health care sector. Such changes will provide opportunities and pose challenges to governments, employers and workers in the field.

Gender equality and growth

Weaving Gender: Challenges and opportunities for the Myanmar garment industry

Weaving Gender: Challenges and Opportunities for the Myanmar Garment Industry provides detailed information on the results of a gender-equality assessment (GEA) carried out in 16 Yangon-based factories in Myanmar’s garment sector.

Mongolia policy brief: Freedom of association and collective bargaining in the informal economy in Mongolia

The brief contains the analysis of the legal regulatory framework for freedom of association and collective bargaining in the informal economy in Mongolia.

Analysis of Legislative Gaps and Recommended Amendments for Better Compliance with ILO and EU Standards on Social Dialogue, Freedom of...

Analysis of Needs in the Context of Improving the Collective Bargaining Authorisation System in Turkey

Coopération Sud-Sud et Triangulaire : L’engagement de l’OIT en Algérie

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 104

Overtime work: A review of literature and initial empirical analysis

An inter-disciplinary overview on how overtime issues are addressed by different academic disciplines. Examines the incidence of overtime work within the context of several distinct national employment regimes and industrial relations systems.

Challenges and opportunities for decent work in the culture and media sectors

The present study examines employment in culture and media in 16 countries, from four regions, and covering the very diverse world of the media and culture. This encompasses: musicians, actors, dancers, journalists, screenwriters, technicians and...