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COVID-19: ILO Monitor – 7th edition

ILO: Uncertain and uneven recovery expected following unprecedented labour market crisis

The latest analysis of the labour market impact of COVID-19 by the ILO, records massive damage to working time and income, with prospects for a recovery in 2021 slow, uneven and uncertain unless early improvements are supported by human-centred...

Media advisory

ILO to release new report on the effects of COVID-19 on labour markets

Statement by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) concerning obituaries

Working from home

Homeworkers need to be better protected, says the ILO

The dramatic increase in working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the poor working conditions experienced by many homeworkers who, prior to the crisis, numbered an estimated 260 million people worldwide.

The Institutional Features of Minimum Wage in China

Technical note 2: International review of financial protection in maternal health care

Joint UNDP, ILO and FAO project

The European Union will support Mongolia's employment sector transformation through technical assistance with UN agencies

Project Piloting Launch and Training Workshop on Quality Apprenticeship successfully held

In times of uncertainty and a fast changing world of work, promoting quality apprenticeship to improve skills and employability of youth will enhance their confidence and resilience into the future of work. During 10 to 11 December, in partnership...

Joint UN Programme To Support Collaboration and Effective Labour Migration Governance Launched on Eve of International Migrants Day

The programme will work closely with the 12 member states of the Colombo Process to facilitate international co-operation on labour migration issues across South, South East and East Asia.

Seminar on social security for workers in flexible employment

The EU-China Project “Improving China’s Institutional Capacity towards Universal Social Protection” organized a seminar in Beijing on social security for workers in flexible employment.

Book

The labour implications of technological upgrading in China

This study provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art overview of technological upgrading in China and its labour implications.

APESO 2020

81 million jobs lost as COVID-19 creates turmoil in Asia-Pacific labour markets

Pandemic leads to huge reduction in working hours, reverses job growth and pushes millions into working poverty.

COVID response

SCORE Training in China adapts to the reality of COVID-19 thanks to the efforts of the SCORE Academy

At the epicenter of the pandemic, China's small and medium-sized enterprises have been hit very hard. The SCORE Programme and its partners have made enormous efforts to adapt SCORE Training to continue to better equip SMEs against the effects of...

SCORE Training

Stay safe and resilient: ILO SCORE Programme expands its OSH and Business Continuity training under the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the world of work. Production disruptions have caused demand for many goods and services to plummet and forced enterprises around the world to suspend or scale down operations, with enormous impacts for workers.

Focus on labour platforms in China: seizing the opportunities, tackling the challenges

To get a better understanding of new business models and their impact on workers, companies and society at large, the ILO organized a discussion on December 8 focusing on the Chinese situation.

Workshop on Strengthening SSE Policy in Asia to take place in March 2021

The ILO will bring together tripartite delegations, practitioners and leaders in the SSE movement, researchers and other stakeholders from six Asian countries in a virtual capacity-building workshop to enhance their capacity in developing and/or...

Promoting trade for sustainable development

What to expect from the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment?

A virtual event organised by MEP Reinhard Bütikofer entitled “What to expect from the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI)?” brought together some 100 participants. The CAI seeks to facilitate reciprocal market access.

SCORE Training - Promoting the capacity of suppliers in global supply chains

Global Wage Report 2020-21

COVID-19 drives wages down, new ILO report finds

Even before the COVID pandemic hit, hundreds of millions of workers worldwide were being paid less than the minimum wage.

Toolkit on Developing National Action Plans (NAP) on Forced Labour