Guide

Gender equality and women’s empowerment in the world of work in fragile, conflict and disaster settings

21 March 2022

Publication

Productive transformation and sectoral policies during the COVID-19 crisis in El Salvador and Costa Rica

23 February 2022

Employment policies that promote productive transformation are key to promoting job-rich growth. In this context, the current report reviews the past experience of two small open economies, Costa Rica and El Salvador, in introducing policies aimed at structural transformation, as well as how employment aspects have been included, and their lessons for employment-rich recovery strategies in a post-COVID-19 setting.

Publication

Youth employment in times of COVID

21 January 2022

A global review of COVID-19 policy responses to tackle (un)employment and disadvantage among young people.

Book

The new world of work: Challenges and opportunities for social partners and labour institutions

31 December 2021

This book examines social dialogue and the role of social partners in the governance of the world of work in 34 European countries.

Publication

From policy to results: Guidelines for implementation of national employment policies

07 December 2021

These Guidelines aim to support ILO’s member States in designing and implementing integrated national employment policies. They suggest a comprehensive framework of implementation and a range of tools and methodologies which covers the whole NEPs process systematically from policy design to policy results.

Report

Two decades of national employment policies 2000-2020

13 October 2021

Part I: Employment policy design: Lessons from the past, policies for the future

Publication

Teleworking arrangements during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond

14 May 2021

Telework, defined as the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs), such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers, for work that is performed outside the employer’s premises, is not new, having existed since the 1970’s in some parts of world. It was expected to grow in usage as costs of ICTs and broadband communications became cheaper, but its regular use was limited mainly to employer-worker agreements in certain occupations and sectors. In 2020, the Covid-19 global pandemic changed this situation. In an attempt to limit the spread of the Covid 19 virus, keep workers employed, and limit the negative economic consequences of the pandemic, policymakers and employers implemented telework whenever possible.

World Employment and Social Outlook 2021

The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work

23 February 2021

This ILO flagship report explores how the contemporary platform economy is transforming the way work is organized, and analyses the impact of digital labour platforms on enterprises, workers and society as a whole.

World Employment and Social Outlook 2021

The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work [Summary]

23 February 2021

This report examines how digital labour platforms are transforming the world of work and how that affects employers and workers. It focuses on two main types of digital labour platform: online web-based platforms, where tasks are performed online and remotely by workers, and location-based platforms, where tasks are performed at a specified physical location by individuals, such as taxi drivers and delivery workers.

Publication

Promoting fair recruitment and employment: A guidance tool for hotels in Qatar

17 September 2020

This Guidance Tool has been developed as a resource to promote fair recruitment and employment standards in the hospitality sector in Qatar. It aims to support hotel companies in Qatar to respond to labour rights challenges by implementing appropriate policies and exercising thorough and ongoing human and labour rights due diligence.