Resources on future of work

  1. ILO Research paper No. 19

    Foreign trade barriers and jobs in global supply chains

    29 March 2017

    This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of how trade and trade policies shape job creation and destruction across countries in the context of a globally fragmented production, by considering manufacturing and services jobs separately. The analysis takes into account not only tariff and non-tariff barriers to goods trade, but also barriers to services trade.

  2. National Dialogue #ILOFOW

    “Thailand 4.0” and the Future of Work

    High level discussion- organized by the ILO and the Ministry of Labour of Thailand, on the impact and implications of technological advancement, increased fragmentation of production and shifting employment relationships in the context of “Thailand 4.0” national strategy.

  3. Publication

    Skills mismatch of natives and immigrants in Europe

    27 March 2017

    In this Technical Report several methodologies are used to analyse trends in skills mismatch of natives and immigrants in Europe.

  4. Event

    The 8th Edition of the ILO Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy

  5. Briefing note

    No.6 Cooperation in a changing world of work: Towards a cooperative future

    16 March 2017

    This note looks at the ways in which cooperatives respond to technological, demographic, economic and environmental changes that are taking place within the world of work.

  6. Event - 3 April 2017

    Tripartite Arab Meeting on the Future of Work

    The world of work is undergoing a period of profound transformation. How will these changes impact the Arab States and how can governments, employers and workers come together to build a future of decent work across the region?

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    Sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women

    Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work

    13 March 2017

    "We bring our decent work mandate to the challenge of making the future of work we want – a future where women’s economic empowerment, gender equality and social justice are features of and drivers for a better world," says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.

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    Event

    Cooperation in a changing world of work: Cooperatives and the Social Economy in the Future of Work

  9. Document

    Future of Work Issue Notes

    09 March 2017

    The world of work is undergoing major changes that will continue, and potentially intensify, in the future. To better understand and in order to respond effectively to these new challenges, the ILO has launched a “Future of Work initiative” and proposed four “centenary conversations” for debates in the years leading up to its centenary anniversary in 2019: (i) work and society; (ii) decent work for all; (iii) the organization of work and production; and (iv) the governance of work. This Issue Note Series intends to provide an overview of key trends and issues in selected thematic areas of particular relevance to the “conversations” with a view to informing and facilitating dialogue and debates at the national, regional and global levels.

  10. ILO What Works Research Brief No. 7

    Regulating the use of temporary contracts by enterprises

    09 March 2017

    The use of temporary employment allows enterprises to adjust their workforces to changing circumstances. However, an over-reliance on the use of temporary workers can lead to productivity challenges, both for individual firms and for the overall economy. Legislation governing the use of temporary contracts plays an important role in influencing firms’ decisions on how intensively to rely on temporary labour.