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

Employment relationships in the media industry

This sectoral working paper, written by Andrew Bibby, discusses how the changes occurring in recent years in the media industry have affected employment relationships. He assesses whether media employment is becoming less secure, if freelance work...

Promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work through Social Dialogue and Gender Equality (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project MOR/11/03/CAN - Evaluation consultant: Sandy Wark

Reaffirming and promoting rights during transition: development results 2012-2013

By looking at a narrow set of indicators, such as the rate of privatization, trade openness, debt, inflation and foreign direct investment, most analysts had concluded that Arab countries were on the right track economically in the lead up to the...

Freedom of association and collective bargaining in the Philippines

Promoting the effective recognition and implementation of the fundamental rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining in the...

The rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining are basic human rights in the workplace, covered by ILO Convention Nos. 87 and 98 respectively. Their recognition and implementation are seen to be important barometers of democracy and...

Promoting fundamental principles and rights at work and social dialogue in Egypt (Final External Evaluation Summary)

Project: EGY/07/03/USA Evaluation Consultant: M.G. Anna Feminia

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.

Enhancing Employment-Centric Growth in Nepal: Situational Analysis for the Proposed Employment Policy, Government of Nepal

The study outlines the situation of the labour market in Nepal, highlighting in particular, the key constraints and challenges relating to employment-centric growth and reviews existing policies and programmes relevant to the challenges of...

2013 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.

Twenty years after the Labour Overview was first published, we analyze the challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean today. We also take a retrospective look at two very distinct decades for the labour markets of the region and envision the...

2014 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.

The 2014 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean is characterized by slower economic growth. Following a decade of robust growth, during which the region created jobs and improved the quality of employment, there is uncertainty and...

ILO Works in Timor-Leste: 2013 results

Presents the results of the ILO works/activities in Timor-Leste in 2013.

Multi-regional Project on Strengthening the World of Work Response on HIV and AIDS

The ILO is the lead UN agency for HIV and AIDS policies and programmes in the world of work and private sector mobilization. The ILO programme on HIV and AIDS and the World of Work plays a key role in the global HIV responses through workplaces....

Outcome 14: Freedom of association, collective bargaining (Final Evaluation Summary)

Projects: GLO/11/57/SID; GLO/12/59/NOR Evaluation Consultant: Dr. Ana García Femenía

ILO Works in Indonesia: 2013 results

Presents the results of the ILO works/activities in Indonesia in 2013.

Country Baselines

2014 Annual Review under the follow-up to the ILO 1998 Declaration - Compilation 2000-2014

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 46

Poverty, Inequality and Employment in Chile

Creative Labour Regulation: Indeterminacy and protection in an uncertain world

Creative labour regulation is an interdisciplinary response to the central contemporary challenges to effective labour regulation. Drawing on contributions by leading experts from the Regulating for Decent Work Network, it offers new ideas for...

Implementation of the decent work agenda in West Africa : results of activities of the Decent Work Technical Support Team

This report presents the achievements of the Decent Work Technical support team for West Africa and Country Office for Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Togo...

Implementation of the decent work agenda in West Africa : results of activities of the Decent Work Technical Support Team

This report presents the achievements of the Decent Work Technical support team for West Africa and Country Office for Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Togo...

Living and working conditions in inland navigation in Europe

This study explores various aspects of the inland navigation in the European region, addressing all the essential aspects in relation to the working and living conditions of the crews, including relevant laws and regulations, occupational safety and...

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...