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Issues paper for the Technical Meeting on the Future of Work in the Automotive Industry (Geneva, 15-19 February 2021)

The future of work in the automotive industry: The need to invest in people’s capabilities and decent and sustainable work

This issues paper has been prepared by the International Labour Office as a basis for discussions at the technical Meeting on the Future of Work in the Automotive Industry (Geneva, 15-19 February 2021). Chapter 1 contains a brief overview of the...

Digitalization and the future of work in the financial services sector

Issues paper for the Technical Meeting on the impact of digitalization in the finance sector (Geneva, 24-28 January 2022)

Questions on Disability and Work

Key issues on promoting employment of persons with disabilities

This document brings together the technical advice of the disability team at the Gender, Equality and Diversity branch (GED) in the ILO. The information in this document is pragmatic guidance, rather than statement of institutional position. ILO...

Guidance

Adjusting labour practices in employment-intensive works in response to COVID-19

This Guidance offers recommendations on 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. It...

Guide

Guide for Monitoring Employment and Conducting Employment Impact Assessments (EmpIA) of Infrastructure Investments

This Guide is one in a series of project publications that aim to capture the tools and methods developed and used under the STRENGTHEN project, as well as the main lessons from implementing these in the partner countries.

Synthesis report: Unlocking opportunities for decent job creation in Lebanon's horticulture sector

In order to create decent job opportunities for both Lebanese host communities and forcibly displaced Syrians, the ILO deployed its Approach to Inclusive Market Systems (AIMS) to look at ways to develop the Lebanese greenhouse horticulture sector.

Impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers in Lebanon and what employers can do about it

This brief provides a summary of the particular vulnerability of migrant workers during the COVID-19 health emergency, with a focus on migrant domestic workers, who in Lebanon are mainly employed inside people’s homes. It recommends practical...

COVID-19 and Enterprises Briefing Note [No. 11]

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,...

Briefing note

Government of Indonesia’s response to Covid-19: Analysis of ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities

How Government of Indonesia is responding to the pandemic of COVID-19? (ACTRAV) - 6 April 2020

Social protection

Quarterly Social Security Policy Monitor China - First Issue

The Social Security Policy Monitor is produced by the ILO under the EU-China project “Improving China’s Institutional Capacity towards Universal Social Protection”. It captures latest social security policy development in China, EU and globally.

Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Fact Sheet

The fundamental principles and rights at work derive from ILO Conventions and Recommendations, which set international labour standards on a broad range of subjects related to the world of work, including human rights at work, occupational safety...

Natural disaster; conflict

Managing Conflicts and Disasters: Exploring Collaboration between Employers’ and Workers’ Organizations

This publication looks at the role that employers and workers, through their respective organizations, play in crisis situations arising from conflict and disaster.

Disability-inclusive Social Protection response to COVID-19 crisis

This brief presents several elements that can help make the most of the social protection systems response to COVID-19 to support persons with disabilities.

Drivers and constraints for occupational safety and health improvement in the global textile supply chain from Madagascar

Case Study

Lifelong Learning in the Informal Economy: A Literature Review

This literature review aims to provide an update to current debates on how to bridge the gap for informal economy workers to access and participate in relevant and quality skills development and recognition throughout their lives, identifies...

Social Protection Monitor: Social Protection Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis around the World - Second edition

This note summarizes the results of the Social Protection Monitor that tracks announcements of social protection measures responding to the possible impacts of the COVID-19 crisis - Updated on 6 April 2020

No one left behind, not now, not ever

Persons with disabilities in the COVID-19 response

The COVID-19 crisis is new. It is requiring us all to act, interact and communicate in different ways than we are used to. However, the social inequalities exacerbating COVID-19’s impact on persons with disabilities are not new. The risk in the...

Ensuring better social protection for self-employed workers

Background paper prepared for the 2nd Employment Working Group (EWG) meeting under the Saudi G20 Presidency (virtual meeting, 8 April 2020)

Helping Disadvantaged Youth: Progress and Policy Action towards the Antalya G20 Youth Goal

Background paper prepared for the 2nd Employment Working Group (EWG) meeting under the Saudi G20 Presidency (virtual meeting, 8 April 2020)

Brief

Accelerating tourism’s impact on jobs