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COVID-19 and Enterprises Briefing Note [No. 20]

The COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting enterprises of all sizes and types in unprecedented ways. This brief aims to highlight key information resources available on the functioning of enterprises in the crisis, including its impact on enterprises,...

COVID-19 and the World of Work: Rapid Assessment of the Employment Impacts and Policy Responses. NORTH MACEDONIA

The report provides evidence that show that the lockdown measures had severe impacts on employment. It offers eleven policy recommendations for the country and suggests steps to introduce as coronavirus emergency measures are being eased.

COVID 19 Guidance for Employment Intensive Projects in Lebanon

These guidelines outline preventive and mitigation measures to be taken on employment-intensive works being implemented during the current COVID-19 crisis, as well as in the aftermath of the crisis when the virus remains a threat.

Case Brief: NBC Mozambique

Mozambique faces high levels of financial exclusion, particularly among the two thirds of the population living in rural areas. Access to insurance is low and awareness and knowledge is low. NBC Mozambique was founded in 2014 and is currently the...

Safety and health in micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises: A collection of five case studies

The five case studies - conducted in Cameroon, Colombia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Tunisia – describe the occupational safety and health (OSH) situation in MSMEs and the initiatives adopted in this field.

Better cheese, better work: The Alliance Caucasus Programme's Impact on Informality and Working Conditions in Georgia's Dairy Sector

Better cheese, better work: The Alliance Caucasus Programme's Impact on Informality and Working Conditions in Georgia's Dairy Sector

ILO Policy brief

Preventing exclusion from the labour market: Tackling the COVID-19 youth employment crisis

COVID-19 and the world of work

A 10-step tool for a safe and healthy return to work in times of COVID-19

The tool provides a course of action to formulate and apply safety and health protocols at sectoral and/ or company levels. It considers bipartite social dialogue between employers and workers as the basis for a safe and healthy return to work and...

The ILO Actuarial Services Facility in Bangkok: Providing actuarial support for countries and institutions in the Asia and Pacific region

This flyer summarises the ILO Actuarial Services Facility in Bangkok. It details the importance of actuarial work, the services provided by the facility and why the ILO's actuarial work is trusted in the region.

ILO/Sida Partnership on Employment Technical brief No. 4

Delivering on SDG8 – Integrated pathways to economic transformation and inclusive labour markets

Consumer Price Index: Business Continuity Guidance

Implementation partner for ILO SCORE Training in West Java - The Catholic Parahyangan University

World Day Against Child Labour 2020

COVID-19: Protect children from child labour, now more than ever!

COVID-19 presents unprecedented risks to the rights and safety and development of children. World Day Against Child Labour 2020 calls upon countries and organizations to focus on the needs of the most vulnerable during crisis management and recovery.

Capturing impacts on employment and unpaid work using Rapid Surveys

Lack of data on how households and workers are being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic can severely affect the formulation of programmes and policies aimed to help those in most need. In times of crisis, rapid surveys may be a alternative source of...

Factsheet

Temporary Wage Subsidies: Country examples

This Appendix complements the ILO Factsheet on "Temporary Wage Subsidies". It offers country examples of temporary wage subsidies implemented during the Covid-19 crisis.

Worker Centres from a Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Lens

The purpose of this paper is to explain how a worker centre can also perform functions that support fundamental principles and rights at work. The paper draws on the experience of the ILO’s Work in Freedom programme in supporting worker centres in...

Factsheet

Temporary Wage Subsidies

This factsheet provides an overview of temporary wage subsidies implemented during the Covid-19 crisis

ILO Brief

Seasonal Migrant Workers’ Schemes: Rethinking Fundamental Principles and Mechanisms in light of COVID-19

This ILO brief provides a preliminary review of short-term measures adopted by industrialised countries to address potential labour shortages in the agriculture sector. It shows that in many contexts and, with differences, the re-labelling of...

COVID-19 and Enterprises Briefing Note [No. 19]

The COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting enterprises of all sizes and types in unprecedented ways. This brief aims to highlight key information resources available on the functioning of enterprises in the crisis, including its impact on enterprises,...