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Research brief

The impact of GenAI on jobs, productivity and work organization: a review of the empirical evidence

This research brief reviews emerging empirical evidence on how generative AI is affecting jobs, productivity and work organization. It examines findings from experiments, firm-level data, platform studies and worker surveys to better understand how...

Social dialogue and tripartism

Institutionalizing social dialogue for green and digital transitions in Europe and Central Asia

This regional brief examines how social dialogue can help countries in Europe and Central Asia manage the green and digital transitions in a fair, inclusive and employment-centred way.

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Interview with Ian Adderley, Technical Specialist, Mutual Societies Development Unit of the Financial Conduct Authority (UK)

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators and social and solidarity economy (SSE) actors from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on the cooperative,...

How large cooperatives can advance decent work and responsible practices across supply chains

Large and multinational cooperatives apply concrete tools and governance practices that improve working conditions, strengthen due diligence and embed people-centred approaches across supply chains. Their experiences show how cooperative identity...

Migrant fishers

EU-funded Ship to Shore Rights and DMW launch “Lost in Transit” report on Filipino fishers in the UK

Launch of “Lost in Transit” report under the European Union (EU)-funded Ship to Shore Rights South-East Asia calls for stronger UK–Philippines cooperation, harmonized contracts, and ratification of key ILO conventions to protect migrant fishers.

Jordan’s Ministry of Labour and the ILO launch workshop on the country’s transition to formal economy

Initiative is part of ILO technical support activities to strengthen social protection and support workers’ transition to the formal economy in Jordan, with funding from Norway, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

ILO Working paper 145

The role of collective bargaining in promoting just transitions

This working paper explores the role of collective bargaining in achieving a just transition, drawing on recent literature and a sample of 512 collective agreements. An in-depth study of six country case studies from various regions highlights key...

ILO Working Paper 143

Collective bargaining and collective action in the platform economy

This working paper was prepared in 2024 and reviews developments internationally since 2021 relating to the exercise of the right to bargain collectively and the existence of collective agreements among workers in the platform economy. The paper...

Seven country cases review

Skills needs intelligence to inform migration policy and governance

This study investigates how seven countries—spanning advanced economies (United Kingdom and Canada) and emerging markets (Bangladesh, Guyana, Malaysia, India, and South Africa)—leverage skills needs intelligence to inform migration policies.

AI and occupational evaluation

AI’s role in evaluating job prestige and value spotlighted by new ILO research

The utility and accuracy of AI tools in evaluating a range of job occupations, in comparison to human assessments, has potential benefits such as efficiency, cost effectiveness and speed, but some obstacles need to be overcome.

ILO Working paper 102

A Technological Construction of Society: Comparing GPT-4 and Human Respondents for Occupational Evaluation in the UK

The paper systematically compares GPT-4's evaluations of occupations with those from a high-quality human survey in the UK, finding high correlation but also highlighting the potentials and risks of using LLMs in sociological and occupational...

ILO Working paper 102

A Technological Construction of Society: Comparing GPT-4 and Human Respondents for Occupational Evaluation in the UK (epub)

The paper systematically compares GPT-4's evaluations of occupations with those from a high-quality human survey in the UK, finding high correlation but also highlighting the potentials and risks of using LLMs in sociological and occupational...

ILO Working paper 102

A Technological Construction of Society: Comparing GPT-4 and Human Respondents for Occupational Evaluation in the UK (mobi)

The paper systematically compares GPT-4's evaluations of occupations with those from a high-quality human survey in the UK, finding high correlation but also highlighting the potentials and risks of using LLMs in sociological and occupational...

United Kingdom-ILO Cooperation

Fact-sheet, November 2023

ILO Voices | Modern slavery

They were taking nearly everything I earned, I lived in fear

Modern slavery affects 28 million people worldwide. Behind these statistics are millions of harrowing human stories. Jonas was deceived, trafficked to the UK and pushed to the brink.

ILC.111/CAN/PV.14-United Kingdom C.87

Amended PV – PV.14 – United Kingdom C.87 - 10 June 2023 PV amendé – PV.14 – Royaume-Uni C.87 - 10 juin 2023 Actas literales enmendadas –...

ILC.111/CAN/PV.14 - United KingdomC.87

Draft PV – PV.14 – United Kingdom C.87 - 10 June 2023 Projet de PV – PV.14 – Royaum-Uni C.87 - 10 juin 2023 Proyecto de actas literales –...

Data science researchers from UK and Rwanda collaborate with the ILO to drive the global impact of financial education

An exciting collaboration between the University of Liverpool, The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Rwanda and the ILO aims to use the power of data analytics to increase the impact of the ILO Global Programme on Financial...

Technical and vocational education and training and skills development

Study tour strengthens vocational education collaboration between Indonesia and the United Kingdom

Enhancing institutional knowledge sharing and capacity building, the ILO-UK Skills for Prosperity programme in Indonesia facilitated study visits for polytechnic leaders and lectures to academic partners in the UK.

ILO Working Paper 74

Collective bargaining in seven European countries throughout the pandemic

This Working Paper investigates developments in social dialogue and collective bargaining during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in a selection of European countries.