Publications on freedom of association

December 2019

  1. Publication

    The scope of essential services: Laws, Regulations and Practices

    23 December 2019

November 2019

  1. Publication

    The Scope of Collective Bargaining in Public Administration

    08 November 2019

September 2019

  1. Publication

    Law and practice on protecting whistle-blowers in the public and financial services sectors

    09 September 2019

    This paper seeks to map out laws and practices and identify measures in place for the protection of whistle-blowers by analysing a representative sample of laws, regulations and international instruments.

July 2018

  1. Publication

    Social dialogue in the public service in selected countries of the European Union

    19 July 2018

    The aim of this paper is to analyse the regulation and practice of social dialogue in the public service at the European Union (EU) level and within a group of EU countries, with a focus on the forms of social dialogue other than collective bargaining and their evolution after the onset of the 2008 economic crisis.

November 2015

  1. Publication

    Collective Bargaining in the Public Service in the European Union

    25 November 2015

    The ILO’s Sectoral Policies Department (SECTOR) presents a compilation of practices in collective agreements in the public service in the European Union. This selection shows how the principles of Convention No. 151 have been implemented through legislation and/or collective bargaining.

November 2014

  1. Meeting document

    Global Dialogue Forum on Challenges to Collective Bargaining in the Public Service - Final report of the discussion

    19 November 2014