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How digital technology can protect migrant workers from forced labour and exploitation

Digital technology can be a game changer in migrant worker protection. But where to start? What digital products are already out there? How to make sure that technology delivers real benefits? A new research under the ILO Fair Recruitment...

Digital transition, technological change and productive development policies in LAC: challenges and opportunities

Quick Facts - Employment Policies Formulated in Iraq Using Strengthened LMI Systems and LM Statistics, final evaluation

This short visual set of quick facts summarizes the results of the independent project evaluation of "Employment Policies Formulated in Iraq Using Strengthened LMI Systems and LM Statistics"

WHO & ILO policy brief

HIV self-testing at workplaces: approaches to implementation and sustainable financing

Background paper

The Algorithmic Management of work and its implications in different contexts

This paper provides a conceptual framework for the emerging phenomenon of algorithmic management and outlines some of the implications for work, from work organisation to working conditions (job quality).

ILO Working paper 70

A global analysis of worker protest in digital labour platforms

This paper presents findings from the Leeds Index of Platform Labour Protest, a database of platform worker protest events around the world in four platform sectors: ride-hailing, food delivery, courier services and grocery delivery for the period...

Report

Demand-side policies for employment promotion in low- and middle-income countries

An overview of key concepts linked to demand-side policies and how they can support job creation in a developing-country context.

Mapping report: Labour migration in East Africa

Policy framework: Sustainable Migration in the East African Region

To get a better sense of the actual realities in respect of migration in East Africa, the East African Employees Organization (EAEO) with the support of the International Labour Organization (ILO) through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development...

Member Briefing: Sustainable Migration - Kenya

Member Briefing: Sustainable Migration - Tanzania

Member Briefing: Sustainable Migration - Uganda

Technical brief

Alternative Data Sources for Labour Market Diagnostics and Policy Response: Applications in the COVID-19 era and beyond

This brief explores the opportunities and challenges posed by non-conventional data sources, offering policy makers a resource in how to improve employment diagnostics and resultant policy response.

Technical brief

Using data from rapid surveys for employment policy: Applications in the COVID-19 era and beyond

This brief focuses on providing guidance on the proper use of data from rapid surveys focused on employment outcomes. This includes the assessment of data quality, appropriate data analysis, and the interpretation and communication of findings.

Equal pay for work of equal value

Pay transparency legislation: Implications for employers' and workers' organizations

Model questionnaire for child labour modular surveys

The Questionnaire for child labour modular surveys is meant to measure child labour according to the amended international standards adopted by the 20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (2018).

Responsible Supply Chains in Vehicle Parts Industry Case Studies and Challenges

The report provides good practices and challenges in line with international instruments including the ILO’s Multinational Enterprises Declaration, by researching responsible supply chains implemented by Japanese enterprises in the automotive...

Responsible Supply Chains in Asia: The Electronics Sector in Japan

This report generates an in-depth understanding of employment and labour issues in the electronics sector in Asian countries where Japanese multinational enterprises (MNEs) have their operation and sourcing.

Employment Working Group

Women at Work in G20 countries: Progress and policy action in 2021 - presentation

This presentation prepared jointly by the ILO and the OECD and presented at the 3rd Employment Working Group meeting under the Indonesian presidency gives a preliminary overview of progress made by G20 countries towards achieving the Brisbane...

Employment Working Group

Youth at Work in G20 countries: Progress and policy action in 2021 towards the Antalya goal - presentation

This presentation prepared jointly by the ILO and the OECD and presented at the 3rd Employment Working Group meeting under the Indonesian presidency gives a preliminary overview of progress made by G20 countries towards achieving the Antalya goal,...