All resources: digital labour + digital divide + artificial intelligence

Q&A

Informality, productivity and digital platforms: understanding a persistent challenge

Labour informality remains one of the main challenges in the world of work in Latin America and the Caribbean. This interview explores why it is a multi-causal and multidimensional phenomenon, what responses have proven most effective, and how...

Conclusions and recommendations - Technical meeting on challenges and opportunities for promoting decent work, productivity and a just...

In accordance with established procedures, the Conclusions and recommendations will be submitted to the 358th Session (November 2026) of the Governing Body of the ILO for its consideration.

AI in the manufacturing industry

ILO adopts first-ever conclusions on AI in manufacturing work

Tripartite conclusions guide governments, employers and workers to harness AI’s potential while limiting its disruptive effects.

ILO Working Paper 168

Nursing and Artificial Intelligence in the Republic of Korea

This working paper explores how artificial intelligence is being introduced into nursing work in the Republic of Korea and what this means in practice. It highlights the gap between technological innovation and frontline needs, pointing to the...

Employers and Business Membership Organizations

ILO invites business leaders to new webinar series on key workplace challenges

Second season of the “Business is not as usual” webinar series brings together EBMO leaders, researchers and CEOs to explore emerging challenges, share insights and strengthen leadership in a rapidly changing world of work.

Research brief

Workers’ exposure to AI: What indicators tell us – and what they don’t

This brief examines how workers’ exposure to artificial intelligence is measured and what current indicators suggest about the potential transformation of jobs. It clarifies the strengths and limitations of existing approaches and emphasizes that...

Artificial intelligence

New ILO brief explains what AI exposure indicators reveal about jobs

The findings underline both the usefulness of these measures and their limitations in predicting job losses or labour market outcomes.

Generative AI could transform millions of jobs in Viet Nam, new ILO brief shows

A brief identifies the potential GenAI exposure in Viet Nam and its concentration across sectors, occupations, provinces and worker groups, including differences by gender, education and formality.

Platform economy

ILO and partners strengthen collaboration on protecting platform workers in China

Social dialogue critical to ensure positive outcomes of AI in the workplace

Robust social dialogue is critical during all stages of the design process of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, from development to deployment, the ILO has told a meeting of the European Parliament.

Trade and digitalization

AI training opens doors for women entrepreneurs in the Philippines

In the Philippines, women entrepreneurs in a remote Benguet community harness the use of artificial intelligence to strengthen their small businesses and expand opportunities.

Productivity ecosystems for decent work

Viet Nam strengthens capacity of SME support organizations to drive productivity and decent work through digital and green transformation

A series of five training courses strengthened the capacity of SME support organizations in northern Viet Nam to help enterprises improve productivity through digital and green transformation while promoting decent work.

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises

Philippine partners shape new guided mobile financial education for small businesses

In the Philippines, the ILO and its partners are advancing the rollout of a new mobile phone-based financial education model for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), particularly first-time borrowers using digital financial services.

ILO working paper 166

Disruption without dividend? - How the digital divide and task differences split GenAI’s global impact

This paper examines how Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) may affect labour markets across 135 countries, covering around two-thirds of global employment. It focuses on how exposure differs between advanced and developing economies, and how...

Trade and digitalization

Trade officials complete training to introduce AI tools for enterprises

Officials of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) joined a Training of Trainers co-organized by the ILO and the Negosyo Center-Project Management Office that equipped them to help micro, small and medium enterprises adopt simple, practical AI...

Artificial Intelligence

AI adoption shapes productivity in Kuwait

The ILO has launched a report produced in collaboration with the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) that examines how enterprises in Kuwait are adopting artificial intelligence and finds that while adoption is expanding, uneven readiness...

Report for the Technical meeting (Geneva, 13–17 April 2026)

AI in manufacturing: Challenges and opportunities for promoting decent work, productivity and a just transition

The AI Skilling Guide for TVET Teachers

The AI Skilling Guide for TVET Teachers serves as a pioneering guide to upskill TVET trainers and teachers in China. It is also applicable to a broader range of teaching and training professionals. The Guide instructs teachers and trainers to apply...

ILO pilot hub helps employment counsellors match skills to opportunities in Bosnia and Herzegovina

An AI-driven job hub, piloted by the ILO, shifts mediation away from rigid occupational matching, toward skills-based matching—reflecting the evolving nature of labour markets.

ILO Working paper 164

Opportunities and Challenges for Decent Work in the Platform Economy in Asia and the Pacific

This paper explores how the evolving platform economy is reshaping the economic landscape across Asia and the Pacific, and how countries in this diverse region are navigating emerging opportunities and challenges. It situates platform work within...