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Law and practice on protecting whistle-blowers in the public and financial services sectors

This paper seeks to map out laws and practices and identify measures in place for the protection of whistle-blowers by analysing a representative sample of laws, regulations and international instruments.

Systemic Change: walking the talk?

Report: Damage, loss and needs assessment: Odisha (India)

In response to the disaster situation caused by Cyclone Fani in Odisha in 2019, a damage, loss and needs assessment was undertaken in the State with the support of the UN, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

Improving OSH for young workers

MODULE 1. A national OSH framework addressing young workers’ vulnerabilities improving OSH for young workers: A self-training package.

Workers of all ages have the right to a safe and healthy work environment. As active contributors of labour markets worldwide, young workers between the ages of 15 and 24 typically experience higher rates of work-related injuries than adult workers.

Improving OSH for young workers

MODULE 2. Strategy and actions for the protection of young workers improving OSH for young workers: A self-training package

Raising awareness of and ensuring compliance with occupational safety and health (OSH) standards for young workers can help reduce injuries and improve the working environment.

Forced labour

Business responsibility on preventing and addressing forced labour in Malaysia: A must-read guide for Malaysian employers

This guide provides practical guidance to employers on how to identify risks of forced labour in company recruitment, employment and sourcing practices, and how to effectively prevent and eliminate these risks. It is intended for company managers...

Business responsibility on preventing and addressing forced labour in Malaysia: Training facilitator’s guide

This guide is intended to be used by facilitators to deliver interactive training to employers on how to take practical actions to assess, identify and manage risks of forced labour in company operations, including supply chains. This complements...

Improving OSH for young workers

MODULE 3. OSH management at the workplace: Addressing young workers’ needs improving OSH for young workers: A self-training package

As a self-training package, the reader is encouraged to apply what they are learning through a range of activities, quizzes, a learning journal and action guides.

Reports of the Ethics Officer - 1 January - 31 December 2018

Child labour monitoring in action in North-West Bangladesh

As part of ILO’s technical cooperation with the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, a child labour monitoring system was piloted in the remote rural areas of the Northwest of the country.

Child labour

A review of social safety-net programmes to make them more responsive to the needs of child labour in Bangladesh

This report reviews the existing social safety-net programmes of Bangladesh to find out how the child labour issue has been addressed (directly or indirectly) through the social safety-net programmes and suggests possible ways to fill the gaps in...

Improving OSH for young workers

APPENDICES. Improving OSH for young workers: A self-training package.

These learning tools are designed to encourage the reader to develop and act on practical ways to improve OSH for young workers, and thereby ensuring safer and healthier work for all.

SECTOR Working Paper No. 327

Promoting decent work in the rural economy: Lessons from Zimbabwe (2008–2018)

This paper, a desk review, presents a documentation of ILO interventions in Zimbabwe’s rural economy during the period 2008–18 that also extracts lessons learnt.

Client insights

When serving new market segments, many insurers are comfortable carrying out customer research. Where insurers often get stuck is putting those insights into practice. Organizations can shift their approaches and internal setups to make it easier to...

STRENGTHEN Publication Series

Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED) in the Yam, Roots and Tubers Sector of Ghana

EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 248

Preliminary review of country studies on occupational licensing. Benefits and Shortcomings in Limiting Entry on the Labour Market

Some best practices employed in the project “Combating child labour and trafficking in Central Asia – Commitment becomes action”...

International Labour organization, 2019.

Assessing the Employment Effects of Processing Cocoa in Ghana

Assessing the Employment Effects of Investment in Housing in Ghana

Inclusive Future of Work: Brazil

Country brief prepared for the 1st EWG under the 2019 Brazilian presidency of the BRICS