All resources: Portugal

International comparison of training practices for workplace health and safety experts in Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Spain,...

Freedom of association - Compilation of decisions of the Committee on Freedom of Association (PDF version)

Sixth edition (2018)

Challenges and ways forward to extend social protection for all in Timor-Leste: Assessment based national dialogue report

This report collates the current development challenges for social protection in Timor-Leste. It covers the social protection schemes in place for each of the four social protection floor guarantees, the policy gaps and implementation issues,...

Portugal - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration (2000-2017)

Multinational Enterprises

The ILO MNE Declaration: What’s in it for Workers?

The ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration) was negotiated and adopted by governments, employers and workers in 1977. It is the only ILO instrument that provides...

Improving the Safety and Health of Young Workers

A Guide on Labour Inspection Intervention in the Informal Economy - A participatory method

The informal economy comprises more than half of the global labour force and more than 90% of micro and small enterprises worldwide. It encompasses a huge diversity of situations, employers and workers, most of them operating out of survival needs,...

Informal EPSCO meeting discusses youth and skills

Heinz Koller, Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, addressed the Informal Meeting of the Ministers of the EU responsible for Employment and Social Affairs (EPSCO).

International Women’s Day

ILO: Women still less likely to be active in the labour market than men in most of the world

Despite notable progress over the past 20 years, updated ILO figures show persistent inequalities between women and men on access to the labour market, unemployment and conditions at work.

Violence and Harassment at Work

The Threat of Physical and Psychosocial Violence and Harassment in Digitalized Work

The workplace is changing rapidly, due to the recent increase of new technologies. Digitalization is impacting management and organisation of workplaces across the world, transforming how, how much, where, and under what conditions, people work.

Executive summary

World Social Protection Report 2017-19: Universal social protection to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals [Executive summary]

This ILO flagship report provides a global overview of recent trends in social protection systems, including social protection floors. Based on new data, it offers a broad range of global, regional and country data on social protection coverage,...

2017 Global Estimates of Child Labour and Modern Slavery - Africa Regional Brief

This brief summarises key results from the 2017 Global Estimates of Child Labour and Modern Slavery for the Africa region

How business can respect and support the rights of persons with disabilities and benefit from inclusion

Guide for business on the rights of persons with disabilities

Developed jointly by the UN Global Compact and the ILO, the "Guide for business on the rights of persons with disabilities - How business can respect and support the rights of persons with disabilities and benefit from inclusion" suggests concrete...

Learning module

Monitoring the performance of Youth Guarantees: A learning package

This package is a tool to support the organization of training sessions on monitoring the performance and evaluating the results of YG schemes. It explores the key features; reviews the basic principles of monitoring and evaluation; details the...

In brief

Decent work, the key to the 2030 agenda for sustainable development

Decent work puts money in the pockets of individuals and families that they can spend in the local economy. Their purchasing power fuels the growth and development of sustainable enterprises, especially smaller businesses, which in turn are able to...

Flagship Report

Global Wage Report 2016/17: Wage inequality in the workplace

This report analyses the evolution of real wages around the world, giving a unique picture of wage trends globally and by region.

Summary of the Global Wage Report 2016/17: Wage inequality in the workplace

The report analyses the extent to which overall wage inequality is the result of wage inequality between enterprises and wage inequality within enterprises. For the first time, the report also looks at wage distribution within enterprises.

Future of work

European social partners and civil society to discuss the future of work

EESC-ILO conference will focus on major changes in the world of work brought about by increased globalization, non-standard forms of employment and sweeping technological change.

Non-standard employment around the world: Understanding challenges, shaping prospects [Overview]

The report analyses the incidence and trends of NSFE globally and explores the reasons behind this phenomenon, including changes in the world of work brought about by globalization and social change, shifting organizational practices among...

The New ILO Protocol on Forced Labour

ILO Standards on Forced Labour: The New Protocol and Recommendation at a Glance