December 2015

1. 

   Publication

   Internal Labour Migration in Myanmar: Building an evidence-base on patterns in migration, human trafficking and forced labour

   21 December 2015

   This report presents the results of a survey conducted in mid-2015 among 7,295 internal labour migrants across all 14 states/regions in Myanmar. The respondents were interviewed about jobs in 13 industries in the private sector, including construction, mining, agriculture, manufacturing, fishing, forestry, domestic work and others. Analysis of the survey data points to patterns in the recruitment, migration, working and living conditions among respondents, as well as indicators of abuse and exploitation imposed on workers by employers and recruiters.

2. Publication

   Non-standard working in public services in Germany and the United Kingdom

   19 December 2015

   This paper is focused on those employed in the central civil service and those employed in local and regional government in Germany and the UK.

3. Infographics

   Fragile states in Africa

   18 December 2015

4. 

   Domestic Work Policy Brief no. 9

   Making decent work a reality for migrant domestic workers

   17 December 2015

   This document is part of a series of briefs on issues and approaches to promoting decent work for domestic workers.

5. Publication

   Unacceptable Forms of Work : Results of a Delphi Survey

   16 December 2015

   The objective of this Delphi study was to explore and find consensus among diverse stakeholders on potential dimensions and descriptors of UFW; this, in turn, would serve as a framework to identify what measures could be undertaken to enable transition from working conditions that are unacceptable, to conditions that allow workers to work and live in dignity.

6. 

   Full report

   ILO global estimates on migrant workers

   15 December 2015

   The statistical study provides estimates of the proportion of labour migrant workers among the total number of migrants worldwide. It outlines the regions and industries where international migrant workers are established and includes a specific focus on migrants in domestic work with updated numbers.

7. 

   Publication

   Coordination and role of key stakeholders in setting up and implementing policies and procedures to facilitate recruitment, preparation, protection abroad, and return and reintegration: Background paper to the 7th AFML

   15 December 2015

   The ILO Multilateral Framework on Labour Migration has identified a number of guidelines on how best to promote international cooperation on labour migration.

8. Publication

   Unacceptable Forms of Work : A global and comparative study

   14 December 2015

   Unacceptable forms of work (UFW) have been identified by the International Labour Organization (ILO) as work in conditions that deny fundamental principles and rights at work, put at risk the lives, health, freedom, human dignity and security of workers or keep households in conditions of poverty.The report takes as the central purpose of identifying UFW to devise targeted social and economic policies that aim to eliminate or transform jobs that are entirely unacceptable

9. Publication

   Flyer: Human Mobility & Climate Change

   09 December 2015

10. 

    Issue Brief no. 2 - Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining

    Improving working conditions for domestic workers: organizing, coordinated action and bargaining

    04 December 2015

    This Issue Brief examines innovative approaches to workers’ and employers’ organizations and collective bargaining that protect domestic workers from the risk of being engaged in unacceptable forms of work and afford them effective and inclusive labour protection.