News about digital labour platforms

2021

  1. COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

    Towards decent work for all homeworkers

    13 January 2021

    Working from home has long been an important feature of the world of work. However, the institutions that govern the labour market are rarely designed with the home as a workplace in mind. The dramatic increase in working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to address the issues facing homeworkers and their employers, and to pave the way to decent work for all who work from home.

2020

  1. News

    Focus on labour platforms in China: seizing the opportunities, tackling the challenges

    09 December 2020

    To get a better understanding of new business models and their impact on workers, companies and society at large, the ILO organized a discussion on December 8 focusing on the Chinese situation.

  2. Video

    What Indonesian youth say about the pandemic? Let’s find out!

    30 November 2020

    The infographic video presents key findings of the ILO’s global research regarding the impact of COVID-19 pandemic to Indonesian youth and of the joint research of ILO and Cewekbanget.com and HAI, two leading youth media in the country.

  3. Video

    Recordings of the Global Research Webinar(5/5): Closing remarks

    03 November 2020

    This video series are recordings of the Global Research Webinar "Towards a brighter future of work in the digital economy", which was held on 30 September 2020. The purpose of the webinar was to share the main findings of the ILO research project on skills shortages, skills development strategies, and the governance of international labour migration of ICT specialists in Canada, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.

  4. Video

    Recordings of the Global Research Webinar (4/5): Panel discussion 2 "Better governance of labour migration in the ICT sector"

    03 November 2020

    This video series are recordings of the Global Research Webinar "Towards a brighter future of work in the digital economy", which was held on 30 September 2020. The purpose of the webinar was to share the main findings of the ILO research project on skills shortages, skills development strategies, and the governance of international labour migration of ICT specialists in Canada, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.

  5. Video

    Recordings of the Global Research Webinar (3/5): Panel discussion 1 "Investing in skills development in the ICT sector"

    03 November 2020

    This video series are recordings of the Global Research Webinar "Towards a brighter future of work in the digital economy", which was held on 30 September 2020. The purpose of the webinar was to share the main findings of the ILO research project on skills shortages, skills development strategies, and the governance of international labour migration of ICT specialists in Canada, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.

  6. Video

    Recordings of the Global Research Webinar (2/5): Keynote speeches

    03 November 2020

    This video series are recordings of the Global Research Webinar "Towards a brighter future of work in the digital economy", which was held on 30 September 2020. The purpose of the webinar was to share the main findings of the ILO research project on skills shortages, skills development strategies, and the governance of international labour migration of ICT specialists in Canada, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.

  7. Video

    Recordings of the Global Research Webinar (1/5): Opening remarks

    03 November 2020

    This video series are recordings of the Global Research Webinar "Towards a brighter future of work in the digital economy", which was held on 30 September 2020. The purpose of the webinar was to share the main findings of the ILO research project on skills shortages, skills development strategies, and the governance of international labour migration of ICT specialists in Canada, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.

  8. Video

    From pandemic to business opportunity

    12 October 2020

    The video highlights the business journey of a young Indonesian entrepreneur during an inspiring ILO’s youth talk, jointly held with GRID network, a leading media network.

  9. Video

    Skills development for employment and entrepreneurship

    12 October 2020

    The video captures the ILO’s youth talk about the importance of skills development to help young people securing a decent employment or starting a business.