“The maritime industry is responsible for transporting more than 80 per cent of global trade of goods, such as automobiles, bulk commodities, chemicals, wood products, iron and steel, garments and …
ILO
ILO Report: Working from Home – From Invisibility to decent work
“Though working from home has long been an important feature of the world of work, the institutions that govern the labour market are rarely designed with the home as a …
ILO Committee on Freedom of Association Report (2021)
The ILO Committee on Freedom of Association released its latest report, including cases on Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jordan, Korea, Madagascar, Pakistan and Romania.
Legal analysis of the regulation and implementation of “teleworking” in Montenegro’s Labour Framework
“The Covid-19 pandemic, officially declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020, has had a profound effect on labour relations and the organization of work across sectors. In …
ILO Report: The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work
The report offers a comprehensive picture of the experience of workers and businesses on online web-based and location-based platforms, drawing on surveys and interviews with some 12,000 workers and representatives …
COVID 19, Discrimination, Employment Relationship, Forced Labor and Trafficking, ILO, Migrant Workers, OSH, Trade Union Rights
ILO Committee of Experts Annual Report 2021
Application of International Labour Standards 2021 Addendum to the 2020 Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations International Labour Conference 109th Session, 2021 https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—ed_norm/—relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_771042.pdf
Informality and Social Protection in African Countries: A Forward-looking Assessment of Contributory Schemes
“Globally, 61 percent of the working-age population– 2 billion women and men – are in the informal economy. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), informalemployment represents 86 and 92 percent of men …
Employment and decent work in refugee and other forced displacement contexts (Compendium of ILO’s lessons learned, emerging good practices and policy guidance)
“The number of people forcibly displaced by armed conflict, generalized violence and human rights violations stands at an all-time high. The increasing scale, duration and complexity of the global displacement …
The migrant pay gap: Understanding wage differences between migrants and nationals
“Labour migration can be an important vehicle for development, when it is fair, well-governed and allows migrant workers to access decent work. The world counts an estimated 164 million migrant …
International Labour Review SPECIAL ISSUE: Transnational futures of international labour law
“This Special Issue on transnational labour law is placed in the context of the ILO centenary and the challenge of achieving the objective of decent work in a new century, …
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