Books and reports

October 2013

  1. Guidelines

    Equal Pay - An introductory guide

    04 October 2013

    Ensuring that the work done by women and men is valued fairly and ending pay discrimination is essential to achieving gender equality. However, pay inequality continues to persist and gender pay gaps in some instances have stagnated or even increased.

May 2008

  1. Publication

    Freedom of association in practice: Lessons learned. Global Report under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Report of the Director-General, 2008

    01 May 2008

October 2006

  1. Publication

    Freedom of association. Digest of decisions and principles of the Freedom of Association Committee of the Governing Body of the ILO. Fifth (revised) edition.

    21 October 2006

May 2004

  1. Publication

    Organizing for social justice. Global report under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work. Report of the Director-General, 2004

    20 May 2004

    Freedom of association, and the recognition of the right to bargain collectively, are not only fundamental human rights at work, but also vital elements of economic, social and political processes. Organizing for social justice takes account of the current trends in exercising these rights as well as the significant challenges that still remain in many parts of the world, particularly in the today’s global economy.

October 2002

  1. Publication

    The Committee on Freedom of Association. Its impact over 50 years

    28 October 2002

    Based on a selection of examples from the past 25 years, examines the manner in which the Committee on Freedom of Association of the Governing Body of the ILO carries out its supervisory role.

November 1999

  1. Publication

    Freedom of association: A user’s guide

    04 November 1999

    Serves as a companion volume to "ILO law on freedom of association: standards and procedures" (Geneva, 1995). Describes the practical influence and impact of the ILO's freedom of association standards and principles and the use of procedures for their enforcement.

October 1999

  1. Publication

    Freedom of association: An annotated bibliography

    28 October 1999

July 1997

  1. Publication

    Affirmative action in employment ethnic minorities and persons with disabilities

    14 July 1997

June 1997

  1. Publication

    Protection of workers’ personal data. ILO code of practice

    05 June 1997

May 1992

  1. Publication

    Workers’ privacy. Part I: Protection (Conditions of wotk digest 2/91)

    15 May 1992

    Provides an overview of legislative provisions of 19 countries and of international instruments on data protection. Looks at enterprise- level practices, provisions of collective agreements, as well as policy statements, directives and guidelines issued by government institutions, trade unions and individual employers regarding workers' privacy.