International Labour Conference documents

93rd International Labour Conference Working hours around the world: balancing flexibility and protection

In today's fast-moving world of virtual offices, home work and globalized commerce, are international labour standards on working time still needed? Yes, according to a study prepared by an ILO Commission of experts and delegates at the...

93rd International Labour Conference Promoting Youth Employment: The road to decent and productive jobs

In 2015, 660 million young people will either be working or looking for work - an increase of 7.5 per cent over the number of youth in the labour force in 2003 - and decent employment opportunities for young people will need to grow substantially to...

Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health - Report IV(1), ILC, 93rd Session, 2005

Reply by the Director General to the discussion of his Report, "Working out of Poverty"

After 2003 ILC and 291 speakers in the plenary session on the Report "Working out of Poverty", this document contains the Director General's reply and comments.

Working out of Poverty

Report of the Director- General Juan Somavia to the 91st International Labour Conference, 2003. It focuses on the working poor and the poor who are excluded from work. It shows the "decent work dividends" that accrue to families and societies as a...

Resolution and conclusions concerning decent work and the informal economy

Resolution adopted by the 90th session of the International Labour Conference. Also contains the conclusions of the Conference Committee

Decent Work and the informal economy

Report VI submitted to the 90th Session of International Labour Conference, Geneva, June 2002

Report of the Committee on the Informal Economy

Final report of the Committee on the Informal Economy at the 90th International Labour Conference of June 2002.

Decent work and the informal economy

Report submitted to the 90th session (2002) of the International Labour Conference. It sets out to describe the key components of the informal economy, reasons behind its expansion and also suggests key elements of a strategy that address the...

ILC.89/Report V(2)

Promotion of cooperatives

ILC.89/Report V(1)

Promotion of cooperatives