Self-assessment tool for enterprises

A self-assessment tool for enterprises based on the Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration)

21 February 2022

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

Survey on the future demand for vocational training in the textile sector in Brazil

15 December 2021

The objective of the survey is to provide technical support to partners in the sector to design and implement professional training strategies that enable them to develop the skills necessary for the success and growth of industries, while ensuring that workers have access to decent and productive jobs.

Research Department Working Paper n°47

Decent work in global supply chains: An internal research review

08 October 2019

This article provides an inventory of the research carried out by the ILO on decent work in GSCs between 2014 and 2019 and helps to identify the challenges and remaining gaps in terms of research.

International Labour Standards

Social Dialogue, Collective Bargaining and Responsible Business Conduct: Promoting the Strategic Use of the International Instruments for Trade Unions' Action

05 October 2019

The aim of this report is to map and analyse the various International Instruments to promote social dialogue, collective bargaining and responsible business conduct to address the main challenges raised by the ILO Resolution concerning Decent Work in Global Supply Chains (2016), including the Global Framework Agreement.

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 105

An analysis of multiparty bargaining models for global supply chains

20 December 2018

Reviews one approach for realizing the goal of improving labour standards at the lower rungs of supply chains that has to date received relatively little scholarly attention: substantive, enforceable agreements between lead firms and unions or worker-based organizations.

Multinational Enterprises

The ILO MNE Declaration: What’s in it for Workers?

01 May 2018

The ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration) was negotiated and adopted by governments, employers and workers in 1977. It is the only ILO instrument that provides direct guidance on how companies can contribute to the realization of decent work for all and highlights the central role of freedom of association and collective bargaining as well as industrial relations and social dialogue.

INWORK Policy Brief No. 10

Purchasing practices and working conditions in global supply chains: Global Survey results

09 June 2017

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 83

Redistributing value added towards labour in apparel supply chains: Tackling low wages through purchasing practices

07 October 2016

ILO Research paper No. 16

Linking jobs in global supply chains to demand

18 August 2016

This paper presents evidence on the number of jobs in global supply chains for 40 countries, and explores in detail whose demand these jobs depend on in terms of countries and sectors. The paper documents the rapidly increasing number of jobs supported by production linkages between emerging economies, and provides evidence on the so-called servicification of manufacturing. Wage shares drop when a sector increases its participation in global supply chains as a supplier.