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Get prepared career readiness – Recommendations for Vietnamese high school and tertiary students

In 2021, ILO cooperated with Song An Career Development Social Enterprise and Professor Col McCowan to conduct a survey with more than 1500 high school and tertiary students with the aim to evaluate the different stages of their career development...

Policy Brief

Impact of COVID-19 on enterprises in Jordan: One year into the pandemic - Policy Brief

The ILO, Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research and the UNDP conducted a study on the pandemic’s impact on Jordanian enterprises one year after the first lockdown was introduced. This policy brief presents the key findings of the study and...

ILO Working paper 37

Trade and Decent Work: Adequate Earnings in the Mexican Manufacturing Industries

This paper analyses the impact of non-preferential trade liberalization and exposure to globalization on “adequate earnings” in Mexico between 2003 and 2020, using data from the national labour force and manufacturing industries surveys. Trade...

State of occupational safety and health practices at workplace for domestic workers in COVID-19 and possibilities for action

The report identifies Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) practices for domestic workers, which could be implemented to respond to pandemic conditions. Based on insights provided by domestic workers themselves, trade unionists working with domestic...

Report

Impact of COVID-19 on enterprises in Jordan: One year into the pandemic

This report is based on data collected from more than 2,000 Jordanian enterprises in February and March 2021, as well as individual interviews and focus group discussions with representatives from various sectors. It also builds on an earlier survey...

Global framework on core skills for life and work in the 21st century

The new ILO global framework reflects the ongoing transformations and the emerging opportunities in the world of work.

Project brief

Project Fact Sheet: Supporting the Implementation of Sustainable Social Protection Floors for Workers and their Families in ASEAN – Phase...

The project is a continued partnership between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Korea through the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL). This project focuses on creating conditions in the target country and the...

Project brief

Project Fact Sheet: Improved mechanisms for skills recognition and TVET digitisation in ASEAN

The project is a continued partnership between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Korea through the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL). The aim of the project is to enhance skills and lifelong learning of women,...

Project brief

Project Fact Sheet: Enhancing and Implementing Occupational Safety and Health Standards in Lao People's Democratic Republic

The project “Enhancing and Implementing Occupational Safety and Health Standards in Lao PDR” is a continued partnership between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Korea through the Ministry of Employment and Labor...

Research on youth entrepreneurship stimulation in Georgia: understanding the barriers and recommending reform interventions

How to promote youth employment and safety at work in Moldova? – New facts and figures published

Every four years, the ILO develops a Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for Moldova. The planning framework is the the main vehicle for delivery of ILO support to the country. For the new DWCP 2021 to 2024 coming out in fall of this year, Moldovan...

Occupational safety and health handbook for herders (in Mongolian)

Normative Stock-taking for Decent Work in Viet Nam

This report sets out the context for engaging the ILO’s tripartite constituents – the Government of Viet Nam, employers’ and workers organizations – and development partners and stakeholders in deciding decent work priorities that are well informed...

TVET system assessment in Somali and Tigray regional states, Ethiopia, with a focus on inclusiveness

The report examines the relevant features of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system in terms of access for forcibly displaced people, refugees, women and people with disabilities (PwD), focusing on the Fafan and Degehabur...

TVET system assessment in Somali and Tigray regional states, Ethiopia, with a focus on inclusiveness

Actuarial analysis of a proposed unemployment insurance scheme in Indonesia -- Policy brief

International Journal of Labour Research

Work-related injuries, diseases and Covid-19

This article reviews the latest global and country numbers of occupational accidents and work-related illnesses and related economic costs in selected countries and regions, compared to the numbers for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The authors...

International Journal of Labour Research

Trade union membership dynamics amidst COVID-19: Does social dialogue matter?

This article applies an econometric approach to data from the ILO global survey on the state of trade unions during the COVID-19 pandemic to examine the role of social dialogue in reshaping recovery, focusing on trade union membership as the engine...

International Journal of Labour Research

Workers’ rights and human rights: Resolving historical tensions through a multi-tiered social security agenda

This article considers the historical development of social security systems; the mixed messaging and false choices in contemporary policy circles; the potential for resolving these tensions through a return to inclusive, lifecycle multi-tiered...

International Journal of Labour Research

Towards a just transition for all: Lessons from the pandemic

This article focuses on the possibility of “just transition” in the health sector following the COVID-19 pandemic. Analysing just transition from two aspects, breadth and depth, the authors look at the current situation in the United States to argue...