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The future of work

  1. Global Commission on the Future of Work

    Work for a brighter future

News and events

  1. © ILO 2020

    COVID-19 and gender equality

    COVID-19: G7 nations need to get gender equality right for a better future for women at work

    14 May 2020

  2. Op-Ed

    New normal? Better normal!

    01 May 2020

  3. News

    ILO COOP Centenary Launch is celebrated virtually in the midst of the coronavirus

    25 March 2020

  4. © Daniel Dickinson / UN News 2020

    ILO project Dignity at Work

    Reaching ‘beyond the possible’ in Hawaii to meet sustainability goals

    23 March 2020

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Graphs

  1. Major trends in the future of work

Publications

  1. Issue briefs

    The establishment of the Global Commission on the Future of Work in August 2017 marked the start of the second phase of ILO’s Future of Work Centenary Initiative. 

  2. Research Papers

    The Future of Work Research Paper Series aims to support the work of the Commission by publishing in-depth, original studies on specific topics of interest to the Commission, ranging from explorations of artificial intelligence and the platform economy to lifelong learning and universal social protection.

ILO's Network on Future of Work

  1.

    Online course

    Shaping the Future of Work

    George M. Bunker, Barbara Dyer, Zeynep Ton, Duanyi Yang MIT; Lee Dyer, Cornell University; Christina Obolenskaya, Wellesley College; Paolo Tomassetti, University of Modena

    The goal of this online, free course is to explore and develop plans of action for improving the job and career opportunities for today and tomorrow’s workforce.

  2.

    Paper

    Non-standard forms of employment: Recent trends and future prospects

    Eurofound

    Focusing on the growth of non-standard employment, this paper finds that, apart from part-time work, there has not been an increase in non-standard employment during the last decade.