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Telework

ILO at EESC hearing on telework and gender equality

Decent work for peace and resilience

ILO addresses EU-UN consultation on Conflict Prevention, Peace and Stability

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.

Preventing work accidents

Reform of the reform in the Republic of Moldova: New law puts State Labour Inspectorate back in charge of occupational safety and health

The Republic of Moldova adopted, on 22 December 2020, the amendment law that restores the functions of the State Labour Inspectorate as the control body of occupational safety and health (OSH) and the investigation of work accidents. This is a first...

Decent Work Country Programme

Ukraine and ILO sign new cooperation agreement to pave the way for delivery on decent work

In the next four years, ILO’s support to Ukraine will center around employment creation, extension of social protection, securing rights at work, and promotion of social dialogue. The assistance to be provided by ILO ranges from consolidating the...

International Migrants' Day

Face to face with migration in Ukraine

With its coronavirus crisis, the year 2020 made us look differently at migration at personal, state and community levels. The border closures equalized those who used to flying business class and those who borrowed money for a bus ticket to go...

Brief

All work and no play

Using a systemic lens to determine the economic root causes to child labour

Brief

All work and no play

Using a systemic lens to determine the economic root causes to child labour

Labour migration

Migrant pay gap widens in many high-income countries

Migrants earn nearly 13 per cent less than national workers, an ILO study shows. In some countries, the gap is as much as 42 per cent.

One UN

Interview with Ingrid Macdonald, UN Resident Coordinator in Bosnia and Herzegovina

ILO asked the newly appointed UN Resident Coordinator about the UN efforts in addressing the socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis and the role of ILO in the response to the pandemic in the country.

Photo story

Moldova honey cooperative makes a beeline towards success

This photo essay tells the story of an ILO intervention in rural Moldova.

UNTFSSE participates in the Side event 2020 International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD): “Building Back Better: Action Toward a...

A representative of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and an observer to the United Nation Inter-agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) contributed to the debate on creating a disability-inclusive, accessible...

ILO participated in the High-Level Meeting on the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in the European Union

The ILO DG participated in the event titled “The Social Economy for an inclusive, sustainable and fair recovery” organized by the Spanish Government in Toledo on December 4, 2020.

ILO and UNTFSSE participate in the second meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Luxembourg Declaration under the Spanish Presidency

Representatives from the EU member states confirmed their commitment to promote the social economy and discussed the importance of social economy organizations in COVID-19 recovery measures signing the Toledo Declaration.

ILO partnership

Ukrainian Commissioner for Human Rights and the ILO: partners in promoting rights at work

Liudmyla Denisova, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights signed a memorandum of understanding with the ILO represented by Heinz Koller, Assistant Director General and Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia on 8 December, 2020 to...

ILO COOP 100 Webinar V - SSE momentum: Finance for Inclusion and the Future of Work during Covid-19 pandemic

The webinar focused on the key challenges related to the future of work, how they affect local communities, and what Social and Solidarity Economy Organizations (SSEOs) are doing toward addressing them. Two keynote speakers presented the main...

The Sweden-ILO response to COVID-19

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.

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.

Global Wage Report 2020-21

COVID-19 drives wages down, including in Europe, new ILO report finds

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