Videos

  1. Japan, ILO earmark $2.2-M to restart small Philippine firms hit by pandemic

    23 July 2021

    ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) Market Edge in a live interview with ILO Enterprise Development Specialist Hideki Kagohashi talked about a recently launched ILO and Japan project to help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  2. Construction: Building blocks to recovery after crisis

    28 January 2021

    The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the construction sector, which is sensitive to economic cycles. Yet, construction holds much potential to stimulate recovery, thanks to its potential to create jobs. Recovery measures can support the sector’s transformation towards sustainability and digitalization.

  3. Video: Future of work in a healthier and more resilient environment

    24 September 2020

    The 2020 National Productivity Conference Webinar in the Philippines featured a series on the Future of work in a healthier and more resilient environment by Mr Hideki Kagohashi, Enterprise Development Specialist of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines.

  4. ILO COVID-19 prevention checklist to protect workers in small businesses

    09 September 2020

    The ILO has devised a checklist so that Small and Medium Enterprises can assess their COVID-19 risks and put in place measures to protect the safety and health of their workers.

  5. ILO sees 60 per cent drop in earnings of informal workers due to pandemic | ANC

    27 June 2020

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) says informal workers are bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the global economy. This as the supply chain gets disrupted from both the demand and the supply side. ILO enterprise specialist Fredy Guayacan notes that as much as 73 per cent of the global informal economy has been heavily impacted by the crisis. He adds that while many sectors have been able to move their operations online, businesses that cannot digitize are heavily impacted.

  6. Report in Short: Small business matters

    31 October 2019

    ILO experts Dragan Radic and Florence Bonnet explain why small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) should be getting your attention when looking at the future of work.

  7. What are six key ingredients to promote sustainable enterprises?

    09 October 2017

    The ILO looks at six key ingredients to promote sustainable enterprises and have a win-win situation of high competitiveness and decent work. Find out more in the ILO’s 2017 report: “World Employment and Social Outlook – Sustainable enterprises and jobs: Formal enterprises and decent work”.

  8. Global Wage Report 2016/17 in short

    15 December 2016

    ILO economist Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez leads us through the report’s main findings looking at global wage trends, policy recommendations and new research on wage inequalities within enterprises.

  9. Professor John Ruggie Presents Business and Human Rights Framework

    03 June 2010

    Professor John Ruggie, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General gives a presentation on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises. His “protect, respect and remedy” framework lays the foundations of a system for better managing business and human rights challenges based on distinct yet complementary responsibilities for States and corporations and effective remedy in case of abuse. At the invitation of the Multinational Enterprises Subcommittee of the Governing Body, Professor Ruggie shares insights on further steps towards putting into operation and promoting the framework, and implications for the ILO.

  10. An Interview with Professor John Ruggie on Managing Business and Human Rights Challenges

    03 June 2010

  11. With the Global Jobs Pact, South African Trade Unions Place Emphasis on Re-training of Workers

    01 December 2009

    "We have taken the Global Jobs Pact into our South African framework response to the economic crisis and we have been working on issues to address the distressed sectors, putting an emphasis on re-training and re-skilling of workers," said Bheki Ntshalintshali, Deputy General Secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, in an interview with ILO TV.

  12. Emphasis on Sustainable Enterprises Important Element of Global Jobs Pact for South Africa

    01 December 2009

    "We got a much bigger emphasis with the Global Jobs Pact for the fact that for you to create jobs and a greener economy you need to first create sustainable enterprises, because by having sustainable enterprises you can have sustainable jobs," said Mthunzi Mdwaba, CEO of Torque IT in an interview with ILO TV. "It's something that we've taken very seriously in South Africa."