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January 2021
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Working from home
Homeworkers need to be better protected, says the ILO
13 January 2021
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.
May 2016
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ILO Blog
How do workers fare in the gig economy?
20 May 2016
A pair of studies by the ILO examines the working conditions of gig economy workers, whose classification as freelancers often leaves them without protection.
June 2015
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104th International Labour Conference
ILO Director-General calls for global initiative on the future of work
01 June 2015
"We need to look at the longer term drivers of change, the transformational mega-trends, and what they imply for the goals we pursue in the ILO in its second century," said Guy Ryder in front of more than 4,000 delegates gathering in Geneva.
March 2006
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Article
Offshoring and job losses:Is the rising international integration of products and services good for labour markets in the developed world?
27 March 2006
We live in a world where more and more products and services are composed of parts sourced from all over the globe. This could symbolize that labour markets all over the world profit from globalization. However, job losses and the degradation of working conditions in the industrialized world have been blamed on globalization, internationalization and offshoring of work, but is this true? A new ILO publication analyzes trends and patterns in the internationalization of employment, and argues that while winners might outnumber losers over the long term, policies for losers are of utmost importance for a fair globalization to progress. ILO Online spoke with ILO employment analyst Peter Auer.