Employment policies for social justice

Information about Parallel Sessions on Day 1 – 11 May 11.00-13.00

Parallel sessions 1:

• Session 1A: The effects of automation on work and their gender dimensions, click here to join. Room XI. Click here to join
• Session 1B: Global shifts in the employment structure. Room IX. Click here to join

14:00 – 16:00

Parallel sessions 2:

• Session 2A: The impact of platformisation and algorithmic management on traditional sectors. Room XI. Click here to join
• Session 2B: Changing labour market transitions for youth, older workers and informal workers. Room IX. Click here to join

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Background

National employment policies should encompass all elements of a comprehensive framework, including supportive macroeconomic policies as well sustained public and private investment in people and the economy. They need to complement social protection policies to ensure that structural transformation and other economic growth factors do not leave anyone behind. Policy coherence and coordination are a condition for progress, whether to react to immediate crises or long-term economic and social challenges. At the same time, international cooperation and policy coherence is an important condition for making inclusive structural transformation processes possible everywhere and helping to overcome the increased divergence between the developed and the developing world.

Innovative research, including research done in partnership with the ILO and the JRC as part of the EU funded project “Building Partnerships on the Future of Work ” extended the wealth of knowledge over the last years. These results will feed into the debates during the symposium about the right policies to ensure inclusive transitions and social justice through comprehensive and integrated employment policies.

Objectives

• Discuss policy solutions for social justice through decent work for inclusive development in the context of widening inequalities and multiple crises;
• Identify what works and discuss innovative policy approaches to supporting inclusive transitions and social justice;
• Take stock of the latest research on economic and employment policies and their nexus, including recent results from the ILO-EU joint project on “Building partnerships for the future of work” ;
• Identify key items for future policy research; and,
• Strengthen partnerships and foster a global knowledge network among policymakers, social partners international experts, the donor community, academia.

The Symposium will also provide the occasion to launch the second ILO Global Employment Policy Review (GEPR) report.