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323rd session of the ILO Governing Body

Right to strike: What are the experiences from the United Kingdom?

The right to strike is one of the topics of discussion at the 323rd session of the ILO Governing Body, which was held in Geneva from 12 to 27 March 2015. In this interview, Sam Gurney, Director of strategy of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) explains...

Measuring Employment in the Tourism Industries - Guide with Best Practices

The Guide is one of the technical outputs produced under the joint ILO/UNWTO Agreement which completes a series of international references and methodological tools produced within the framework of the joint ILO/UNWTO Agreement.

Joint ILO MPI reports

Many immigrants in Europe struggling to move out of low-skilled jobs; European governments have opportunities to prioritize policies to...

ILO study

Maternity protection: Good for workers, good for small businesses

Maternity protection and work-family measures can generate positive outcomes for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), says ILO Specialist Laura Addati.

The Labour Market Integration of New Immigrants in Europe: Analysis and Policy Evaluation

Benign Neglect? Policies to Support Upward Mobility for Immigrants in the United Kingdom

Leaving No One Behind: Reaching Key Populations through workplace action on HIV and AIDS

This literature review was commissioned to contribute to the body of knowledge on reaching key populations with HIV services. It sought to demonstrate how the workplace and/or the workforce could be creatively used to increase access to HIV services...

The Labour Market Integration of New Immigrants in Europe: Analysis and Policy Evaluation

Moving Up the Ladder? Labor Market Outcomes in the United Kingdom Amid Rising Immigration

Immigration Act of 14 April 2014

International Development (Gender Equality) Act of 13 March 2014

Decision on the 15th item on the agenda: Reports of the Officers of the Governing Body Fifth report: Representation alleging non-observance...

European Social Model Conference

Presentation UK: "Shifting from 'liberal collectivism’ to ‘market society’ in the united kingdom"

Presentation by Damian Grimshaw, University of Manchester, for the ILO Conference on the European Social Model

Inaugural Lecture

Modern slavery: The British challenge in international context

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...

Employment policy implementation mechanisms: A synthesis based on country studies

EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 161

Employment policy implementation mechanisms in the European Union, the United Kingdom and Germany

EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 160

Feasibility study for a global business network on apprenticeship

Responding to worker displacement: A collection of case studies

Labour standards

United Kingdom ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

The United Kingdom ratified the International Labour Organization’s Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) on 7 August 2013. This ratification also covers the Isle of Man and Gibraltar.

United Kingdom ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

With the ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) by the United Kingdom, 41 ILO Member States, representing 75.3 per cent of the world gross tonnage of ships and more than 50 percent of the world’s 1.2 million seafarers have...

Investigating the working conditions of Filipino and Indian-born nurses in the United Kingdom

Situated within the framework of the ILO’s Decent Work Across Borders Project1, this study looks at the working conditions Filipino and Indian -born nurses (Internationally recruited nurses - IRNs) in the United Kingdom (UK), and provides new...