All ILO Newsroom content
February 2019
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Video
Webcast - Side event on Ensuring Fair Recruitment for Realising Human Potential and Sustainable Development
27 February 2019
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Blog
Artificial intelligence: opportunity or job-killer?
27 February 2019
There is little doubt artificial intelligence (AI) will play a major role in the future of work – a future that has already begun. Think, for example, of self-driving cars, algorithmic stock market trading, or even computer-aided medical diagnosis.
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Social Justice
World Day of Social Justice
19 February 2019
In a statement marking World Day of Social Justice, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder says decent work is key to achieving sustainable development and social justice, itself a foundation of lasting peace.
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World Day of Social Justice, 20 February
The ILO since 1919: Fighting for social justice
18 February 2019
Since 1919 the International Labour Organization (ILO) has been on the frontline, bringing together governments, workers and employers in the struggle to make social justice and decent work a global reality.
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ILO100
Rules to work by
18 February 2019
They keep you safe at work and make sure you have time off. They are critical in battling modern-day slavery and child labour. The rules that govern the world of work play a huge role in our everyday lives. For 100 years, the ILO has been setting the international standards that underpin national labour laws. Explore the latest chapter of our interactive, multimedia Centenary website to find out more.
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Blog
Why we need a reinvigorated social contract
16 February 2019
People are asking fundamental questions about the legitimacy and relevance of institutions and systems. The cause, I believe, is a lack of social justice. There is a sense that the rules of the game have become skewed against ordinary people and the formula of education and dedication no longer brings just rewards.
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ILO Flagship report
The trends in world employment 2019
13 February 2019
What are the key findings of the ILO's "World Employment and Social Outlook - Trends 2019" report? Stefan Kühn and Erika Xiomara Chaparro Perez, Economists from the ILO’s Research department explain.
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ILO100
Not on your own
13 February 2019
What happens when you are sick, disabled, young or old? Or, you may be unemployed or just not able to earn enough for you and your dependants to live on. Social protection provides workers and their families with a secure base, helping them plan for a better future. Explore the latest chapter of our interactive, multimedia Centenary website.
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World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2019
Poor working conditions are main global employment challenge
13 February 2019
Progress in reducing unemployment globally is not being matched by improvements in the quality of work, says the International Labour Organization’s World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2019 report.
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Seventh World Government Summit
Work for a Brighter Future
11 February 2019
In a speech to the seventh World Government Summit, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder stressed the need for people to design the future of work they want. He identified three areas for investment: people and their capabilities; institutions; and jobs of the future, and said that the private sector’s productive capacities, resources and potential needed to be harnessed for the future of work agenda.