Publication

Guidance on occupational safety and health for domestic workers and employers to prevent and mitigate COVID-19

21 January 2022

Publication

Extending Social Protection to Migrant Workers, Refugees, and their Families: Guide for Policymakers and Practitioners

08 November 2021

This new ILO global Guide provides an overview of policy options and country practices to extend social protection to migrant workers, refugees and their families.

Report

Making decent work a reality for domestic workers: Progress and prospects ten years after the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189)

15 June 2021

This report assesses the working conditions of domestic workers ten years after the adoption of Domestic Workers Convention in 2011. It highlights the progress made over a decade, as well as the remaining legal and implementation gaps, and provides guidance on policies that can pave the way to make decent work a reality for domestic workers.

Policy resource package

Extending social security to domestic workers

12 March 2021

Key lessons learned from international experience

Policy resource package

Extending social security to workers in the informal economy

12 March 2021

Key lessons learned from international experience

Global Deal for Decent Work & Inclusive Growth - Thematic Brief

Social Dialogue for the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy

20 November 2020

Social dialogue has a vital role to play in supporting the transition from the informal to the formal economy. Drawing on case studies from around the world, this Global Deal thematic brief illustrates how social dialogue, involving governments and representative employers’ and workers’ organizations has, in different ways and at different levels, contributed to the transition to formality and the reduction of decent work deficits in the informal economy. It aims to assist all concerned stakeholders to apply social dialogue for the design and implementation of effective formalization strategies, in the context of the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 and the relevant international labour standards.

Brief

Employers and workers negotiating measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, protect livelihoods and support recovery: A review of practice

03 July 2020

Factsheet

Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on loss of jobs and hours among domestic workers

15 June 2020

The ILO estimates that, in the early stages of the pandemic, on 15 March 2020, 49.3% of domestic workers were significantly impacted. This figure peaked at 73.7% on 15 May, before reducing to 72.3% on 4 June.

Factsheet

Beyond contagion or starvation: Giving domestic workers another way forward

05 May 2020

In the wake of COVID-19, governments around the world have called on people to take one most important action: to stay home. But for many workers, staying home has meant losing their jobs, or worse still, losing their livelihoods.

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 95

Conceptualizing the role of intermediaries in formalizing domestic work

04 April 2018