All resources: digital labour + digital divide + artificial intelligence

ILO study

Trends in remuneration and working time: Recorded media and live performance

This dedicated ILO study examines remuneration and working time in the recorded media and live performance subsectors, analysing how project-based work, contractual arrangements, digitalization, streaming and AI are reshaping pay and work...

ILO Working Paper 182

AI Ethics and the ILO’s international labour standards system: exploring synergies

This working paper explores the relationship between AI ethics principles and the ILO’s international labour standards, identifying areas of convergence and divergence. It examines how both frameworks can complement and reinforce each other to...

ILO launches SABY, an AI-powered business adviser for entrepreneurs

New conversational AI tool brings the ILO’s entrepreneurship expertise directly to business owners, providing practical guidance when and where they need it.

Platform economy

Sri Lanka highlights priorities for decent work in platform economy

Workshop examines evolving platform economy and identifies areas for action following the adoption of ILO’s platform work convention.

Digital skills and AI

AI training helps turn technical skills into enterprise opportunities

The ILO’s AI training under a UN joint programme in the Philippines is helping trainers and vocational learners turn the skills they already have into new businesses, better livelihoods and opportunities for themselves and their communities.

Digital Labour Platform

Young digital platform workers in Cambodia: Evidence and insights

This research brief examines the experiences of young digital platform workers in Cambodia and the factors shaping their participation in the sector.

Viet Nam advances enterprise workforce development with new training fund framework

Viet Nam has adopted a new framework for enterprise human resource training funds, with ILO-supported research contributing international evidence and policy options to strengthen workforce skills development and investment.

AI and the world of work

AI adoption in Chinese enterprises boosts productivity but raises concerns about jobs and skills

A new ILO study finds that across the enterprises studied, AI is mainly being integrated into hybrid workflows, where people continue to play an important role in how the technology is used.

Research brief

Artificial intelligence adoption in Chinese enterprises: Productivity effects, workforce implications, and policy challenges

This research brief explores the adoption of artificial intelligence in Chinese enterprises and its implications for productivity, employment and the world of work.

Entrepreneurship and AI

An AI business adviser in your pocket: What we are learning from the ILO’s SABY pilot

The ILO is piloting SABY, a WhatsApp-based AI business adviser designed to give entrepreneurs practical, continuous support. Early experience across Africa shows how entrepreneurs are using AI to solve everyday business challenges, from improving...

Note on the proceedings - Technical meeting on challenges and opportunities for promoting decent work, productivity and a just transition...

Note on the proceedings of the Technical meeting on challenges and opportunities for promoting decent work, productivity and a just transition arising from artificial intelligence in the manufacturing industry held from 13-17 April 2026

Opinion editorial

Will AI take Filipino jobs? The answer depends on what we do now

The Opinion editorial explores how the Philippines can harness artificial intelligence and the clean-energy transition to create decent work and shared prosperity through skills development, strong institutions and closer cooperation among...

Publication

Changing landscape of skills in the age of AI

AI adoption is reshaping workplace skills, increasing demand for cognitive, socioemotional, digital and AI skills, while highlighting AI literacy, adaptability, resilience and human agency as essential for the future of work.

Formalization of the Informal Economy Project (Phase II)

ILO digital employment diagnostic informs Mongolia's future of work agenda

The preliminary findings of a new ILO Digital Employment Diagnostic provide evidence to help Mongolia strengthen policies for digital employment and the platform economy.

ILOSTAT blog

Can AI help strengthen human trafficking questionnaires before fieldwork?

A new approach uses anonymized trafficking case records to assess whether survey questions are likely to identify the cases they are designed to measure.

ILO Working Paper 177

Why social dialogue is necessary for sustainable economic development: Exploring peak-level social dialogue in alternative scenarios

This paper argues that social dialogue is a necessary instrument for delivering sustainable economic development and social progress for all. It played a key role in shaping countries’ responses to the financial crisis of 2008–09 and the COVID-19...

India's 2026 BRICS Presidency

Building partnerships for decent work: The ILO's engagement with BRICS in 2026

The ILO contributed technical expertise to advance social protection, skills development, labour market formalization and digital transformation under India's 2026 BRICS Presidency.

Blog

Old Skills for new technologies?

AI has major implications for the skills workers need to access quality jobs. This article argues that foundational skills, more so than AI expertise, will be central for workforces to navigate this transformation.

17th High-level meeting between the ILO and the European Commission

The International Labour Organization and the European Commission set renewed strategic agenda for social justice, quality jobs and a...

The two partners reaffirmed their strategic partnership and agreed to deepen their cooperation on social justice, decent work and quality jobs at their 17th High-level meeting.

Brief

Generative AI and labour markets in ASEAN: Significant exposure, limited disruption, uneven preparedness

The brief finds that while generative AI has the potential to reshape work in ASEAN, there is little evidence of widespread labour market disruption so far, with future outcomes depending largely on countries' preparedness, policy choices and...