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

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...

National Tripartite Social Dialogue: An ILO guide for improved governance

This guide is part of the ILO’s effort to respond to the demand from ILO member States for technical support in the field of establishing or strengthening mechanisms for tripartite social dialogue at the policy level in line with international...

Working Paper No. 53, "Assessing the impact of the memoranda on Greek labour market and labour relations"

This paper is part of a series of studies funded by the European Commission in the framework of a project of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on “Promoting a balanced and inclusive recovery from the crisis in Europe through sound...

Working Paper No. 54, "Portuguese labour law and industrial relations during the crisis"

This paper is part of a series of studies funded by the European Commission in the framework of a project of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on “Promoting a balanced and inclusive recovery from the crisis in Europe through sound...

Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining

Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining: Training guide and materials for military, police and security forces in the...

The document contains training guide and materials on the rights to freedom of association and to collective bargaining as established through international labour standards adopted by the International Labour Organization.

Education Sector in Jordan

A study on the gender pay gap in the private education sector in Jordan

The working paper covers the gender pay gap in the private education sector in Jordan and provides empirical evidence on a sector that is highly feminized.

A manual: Building up enterprise competitiveness in ASEAN through good industrial relations practices

This Manual on good IR practices shows that the most competitive companies in the ASEAN region and in the world are indeed those which have internalized these good IR practices as part of their corporate culture.

Labour Administration in Uncertain Times: Policy, Practice and Institutions

The 2008 financial crisis marked the beginning of a prolonged and ongoing period of extreme economic turbulence that has created multiple challenges for both governments and national systems of labour administration. Difficult economic conditions...

Report of the Fourth Regional Seminar on Industrial Relations in the ASEAN Region: 'Setting minimum wage and wage guidelines: Roles of...

Contains the report of the Fourth Regional Seminar on Industrial Relations in the ASEAN Region, under the ASEAN-ILO/Japan Industrial Relations Project.

Report of the Fourth Regional Seminar on Industrial Relations in the ASEAN Region : 'Setting minimum wage and wage guidelines: Roles of...

Assessing and addressing the effects of trade on employment (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project INT/07/14/EEC

Statistics on social dialogue

19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians, 2-11 October 2013

Working Paper No. 51, "From negotiation to imposition: Social dialogue in austerity times in Spain"

This paper is part of a series of studies funded by the European Commission in the framework of a project of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on “Promoting a balanced and inclusive recovery from the crisis in Europe through sound...

Working Paper No. 50, "Coping with the crisis in Italy: Employment relations and social dialogue amidst the recession"

This study on Italy shows that the initial responses to the economic crisis in Italy were designed with the participation of the social partners and focused on supporting small and medium–sized enterprises (SMEs). At the local level, an agreement...

Report of the Fifth Regional Seminar on Industrial Relations in the ASEAN Region

Contains the report of the Fifth Regional Seminar on Industrial Relations in the ASEAN Region, under the ASEAN-ILO/Japan Industrial Relations Project.

Guidelines

Equal Pay - An introductory guide

Ensuring that the work done by women and men is valued fairly and ending pay discrimination is essential to achieving gender equality. However, pay inequality continues to persist and gender pay gaps in some instances have stagnated or even...

Labour Migration and Development: Setting a course for the future

Brochure prepared by the ILO for the 2013 UN High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, wherein the ILO posits that labour migration governance that focuses on the protection of men and women migrant workers, while addressing...

Collective Bargaining

Facts about the Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Ready Made Garment Sector in Jordan

The collective bargaining agreement, which will affect more than 55,000 workers, is one of the most comprehensive of its kind in Jordan and in the apparel sector globally.

Collective Bargaining

The Role of Better Work Jordan

Better Work Jordan – a joint initiative between the ILO and the International Finance Corporation – introduced the idea of a collective bargaining agreement to the employers and the garment union in early 2012.