Media advisory
ILO to launch Global Wage Report 2018 looking at wage trends and the gender pay gap
20 November 2018
GENEVA (ILO News) – The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Guy Ryder, will launch the Global Wage Report 2018/19, on Monday, 26 November at 09.30 GMT (10.30 Geneva time).
The report analyses global, regional and national wage trends in 136 countries, and analyses some of the reasons why wage growth seems to have remained slow despite a general fall in unemployment and recovery in GDP.
The report also looks at the gender pay gap, globally and nationally, and uses a new way to calculate it that gives policy makers a better picture of the issues and in many cases, changes alters existing perceptions at national level.
For UNOG accredited correspondents: A press briefing, led by Director-General, Guy Ryder, will take place on Monday, 26 November at 10:30 a.m. in press room 3 at the Palais des Nations. Embargoed documents will be sent automatically as soon as they become available.
The report and all associated material and information are under strict EMBARGO until 13.00 GMT (14:00 Geneva time) on Monday, 26 November 2018.
Electronic copies of the report, associated materials and media interviews can be arranged through the ILO’s Department of Communication: [email protected], +4122/799-7912.
Video coverage of the press conference is available, upon request immediately following the event. The ILO TV studio and ISDN line can be booked for broadcasters wishing to interview the authors by contacting the Department of Communication/Radio and TV Unit on +4122/799-7935 or [email protected].
The report analyses global, regional and national wage trends in 136 countries, and analyses some of the reasons why wage growth seems to have remained slow despite a general fall in unemployment and recovery in GDP.
The report also looks at the gender pay gap, globally and nationally, and uses a new way to calculate it that gives policy makers a better picture of the issues and in many cases, changes alters existing perceptions at national level.
For UNOG accredited correspondents: A press briefing, led by Director-General, Guy Ryder, will take place on Monday, 26 November at 10:30 a.m. in press room 3 at the Palais des Nations. Embargoed documents will be sent automatically as soon as they become available.
The report and all associated material and information are under strict EMBARGO until 13.00 GMT (14:00 Geneva time) on Monday, 26 November 2018.
Electronic copies of the report, associated materials and media interviews can be arranged through the ILO’s Department of Communication: [email protected], +4122/799-7912.
Video coverage of the press conference is available, upon request immediately following the event. The ILO TV studio and ISDN line can be booked for broadcasters wishing to interview the authors by contacting the Department of Communication/Radio and TV Unit on +4122/799-7935 or [email protected].