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Labour inspection guidelines

Labour inspection guidelines with attention to women migrant workers, violence and harassment, domestic workers and forced labour

Reports of the Ethics Officer - 1 January - 31 December 2020

Reports of the Ethics Officer - 1 January - 31 December 2021

COVID-19 impact on labour market statistics

Final draft report

Policy brief: The interaction between climate change, labour markets and migration in the IGAD region

Project Brochure

Elimination of the Child Labour in Seasonal Agriculture Project

Introducing the International Labour Organization

ILO information leaflet

Promoting decent work in India: July-September 2022

This is the eighth edition of the update covering key initiatives and achievements of the ILO and its constituents contributing to the priorities of India Decent Work Country Programme 2018-22.

Enhancing disability - inclusiveness of social protection system in Kyrgyzstan - Project brief

COVID-19 response

Bringing back jobs safely under the COVID-19 crisis in the Philippines: Rebooting small and informal businesses safely and digitally: Fact...

The project fact sheet provides an overview of an ILO and Government of Japan partnership to build back enterprises safely and digitally from the COVID-19 pandemic.

ILO Working paper 80

Realizing the opportunities of the platform economy through freedom of association and collective bargaining

This study provides empirical evidence from different regions of the world to identify avenues for platform economy workers to access freedom of association and collective bargaining.

Delegates' biographies - India study visit to increase employability in the agro-processing sector

Results and reflections from a quality appraisal of ILO evaluations, 2021

i-eval THINK Piece, No. 22 - September 2022 This Think Piece analyses the results of 55 independent development cooperation project evaluations submitted in 2021, a sample of ten internal evaluations completed in 2020 and 2021 and the six...

Technical Note

Plans for the implementation of health benefits by the Social Security Corporation of Jordan

Observations and considerations in light of ILO’s social security standards

Informal economy

The working conditions of home-based workers in Sri Lanka: A literature review

Desk study to identify the nature and extent of home-based work in Sri Lanka, specifically with respect to workers in micro and small enterprises, in the lower tiers of national and global supply chains

Public services

Building a high quality public service in Sri Lanka through workplace reform

The public service is a major employer in Sri Lanka, engaging some 1.4 million people. This Report recommends fundamental changes to the status quo: a new approach to workplace relations; a new human resource capability; new structures, processes...

High-level independent evaluation of the ILO’s programme of work in Central Asia (2018–22)

The purpose of the evaluation is to examine the relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability of the ILO's programme of work in Central Asia from 2018-22, how well they achieved them and under what conditions. It also...

ILO/WHO Joint Policy Brief

Mental health at work

The ILO’s provision of technical assistance to promote an enabling environment for sustainable enterprises

This publication outlines the technical assistance activities carried out by the ILO to help Member States to achieve an enabling business environment that is conducive to the development of sustainable enterprises. The Enabling Environment for...

Digitalise your Business

Digital strategies for micro, small and medium-sized businesses