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Gender perspective in child labour - Executive summary

25 October 2021

This study seeks to understand, from a gende rperspective, how the living conditions of families,how the professional careers of adults and how the sexual division of labour in households affect the associations that Children and Adolescents(C&As) establish with labour and how they affect the construction of expectations and imaginaries with respect to the future labour opportunities of C&As.

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Regional study of child labour and social protection in childhood in Argentina - Executive summary

30 September 2021

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Child labour and family dynamics - Executive summary

20 September 2021

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Delivery work during a pandemic: delivery platform workers in Argentina - Executive summary

01 December 2020

As a consequence of the pandemic caused by COVID-19, on March 20 the Argentine government decreed a social, preventive and compulsory isolation. This measure led consumers to turn to e-commerce, which caused a meaningful opportunity for courier and delivery work carried out through digital platforms. Further, such work was considered an essential activity and was therefore uninterrupted. This study presents the results of an ILO survey that targeted workers in this sector sector, conducted in July 2020, and compares them with findings obtained a year earlier.

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Work on delivery platforms in Argentina: Analysis and policy recommendations

02 November 2020

This report provides an in depth analysis of the actors of the digital delivery platforms in Argentina, their relationships, their characteristics and working conditions and, in turn, proposes a series of policy recommendations to improve their situation.

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Legal analysis of labour relations in delivery services through digital platforms in Argentina - Executive summary

30 October 2020

This research focuses on the legal analysis of labor relations in delivery services through digital platforms in Argentina. It develops the business model, providing conceptual and also specific data on the real legal classification of companies, their organizational type, as well as the legal status of the service provider and the characteristics of the contracting of said service.

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Work on delivery platforms in Argentina: Analysis and policy recommendations -- Executive Summary

30 October 2020

As intermediaries between supply and demand, platforms encompass a wide variety of services that involve the performance of specific tasks by providers, generally labeled as "independent". Among the most common types of tasks covered by this form of work there is a wide range of services, generally of low complexity, such as delivery services, courier services and home delivery of products. The provision of services through digital platforms has motivated different opinions about the relationship between service providers and the platforms themselves. The analysis of the indicators of economic, technical and legal dependence conducted by observing the contracting modalities carried out by these distribution platforms, are indicative to determine the nature of the link established between them and the service providers. This report provides an in depth analysis of the actors of the digital delivery platforms in Argentina, their relationships, their characteristics and working conditions and, in turn, proposes a series of policy recommendations to improve their situation.

ILO Country brief

COVID-19 and the labour market in Argentina: The challenge of fighting the pandemic and its socio-economic impact at a time of severe difficulty

03 September 2020

Cooperatives and the World of Work Series No. 12

Waste pickers’ cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations

20 August 2019

Waste pickers make significant contributions to public health, sanitation, and the environment by promoting resource circulation and reducing the amount of landfill. However, they are often not legally recognized as workers and suffer from poor working conditions and lack of social protection. This brief highlights the role of waste pickers' cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy organizations (SSEOs) in integrating and formalizing the work of waste pickers in the recycling value chain and improving their working conditions.

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Promoting adequate social protection and social security coverage for all workers, including those in non-standard forms of employment

20 February 2018