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January 2022

  1. Labour Provisions in Trade Agreements Hub

    ILO launches new online database on trade agreements that include labour provisions

    26 January 2022

    The new database is a one-stop source for information on labour provisions in more than 100 regional trade agreements covering about 140 economies.

January 2021

  1. Press release

    ILO and LinkedIn launch data insights partnership

    21 January 2021

    The International Labour Organization (ILO), the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) and LinkedIn have launched a two-year partnership.

July 2019

  1. © Robert Scoble 2022

    Labour Income Share and Distribution

    Just 10 per cent of workers receive nearly half of global pay

    04 July 2019

    An ILO assessment gives the first global estimates of the distribution of labour income, and shows that pay inequality remains pervasive in the world of work. The findings are drawn from a new database which includes national, regional and global data.

March 2019

  1. Youth labour statistics

    Mastercard Foundation partnering with ILO to create new and improved database on youth in the labour market

    12 March 2019

    Mastercard Foundation funding enables ILO to provide more and better data on youth in the labour market.

October 2015

  1. © P. Kovarik/AFP 2022

    Industrial relations

    Collective bargaining coverage down as a result of the global financial crisis

    19 October 2015

    New research from the ILO quantifies changes to the coverage of global collective bargaining after 2008. While some countries have experienced increased coverage, most have seen declines.

February 2012

  1. News

    ILO launches comprehensive new database on labour standards

    12 February 2012

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a comprehensive new database providing open access to the latest information on ILO international labour standards as well as national labour and social security laws.

December 2006

  1. Article

    Abandoned but not lost: Towards global protection for abandoned seafarers

    07 December 2006

    The complexities of globalization and its impact on shipping have made helping seafarers abandoned in foreign ports more pressing than ever. A recently created ILO database on reported incidents of abandonment of seafarers ( Note 1) is the first step in this direction. Since January 2004, the database has registered 40 cases of abandonment worldwide.

December 2005

  1. Press release

    Globalization failing to create new, quality jobs or reduce poverty: ILO report sees wide gaps in wages, productivity gains

    09 December 2005

    Global economic growth is increasingly failing to translate into new and better jobs that lead to a reduction in poverty, according to a new report issued by the International Labour Office (ILO) here today. In the report, the ILO points out that within this global trend, different regions show mixed results in terms of job creation, productivity results, wage improvements and poverty reduction.