For a hundred years, the ILO has championed the cause of social justice, facilitated dialogue amongst its stakeholders, provided intelligent analysis and advice, and undertaken whatever practical on-the-ground measures its …
COVID-19 – time for governments, brands and employers to protect supply chain and precarious workers from hardship and infection
As the economic and human rights impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak come into view, we are again seeing supply chain and frontline workers, alongside those in precarious and informal jobs, …
Global database: Definition of fees and related costs in national laws and policies
The ILO has developed a global database of over 90 national laws, policies and regulations that have defined recruitment fees and related costs. By visiting the map database, you can find out …
The ‘gig’ is up: lifting the lid on the World Economic Forum’s “Charter of Principles for Good Platform Work”
Last month, the World Economic Forum published its Charter of Principles for Good Platform Work (https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-charter-of-principles-for-good-platform-work), calling it: a ground-breaking initiative by leading companies in the sector to collectively identify and commit …
Tackling cyberbullying in the world of work
It started as an investigation into something long dismissed as an urban legend. Finally, even if far too late, the awful scale of the Parisian Ligue du LOL – internationally known as the LOL league – …
Publicación OIT: “Trabajo a domicilio. De la invisibilidad al trabajo decente.
El pasado mes de enero, la OIT ha publicado el informe: “Trabajo a domicilio. De la invisibilidad al trabajo decente”; que tiene por objeto conocer mejor el trabajo a domicilio, …
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A New Social Contract can rebuild our workplaces and economies after COVID-19
Our world is in crisis with many faces of devastation: the devastation of inequality, climate devastation with extreme weather events and changing seasons, and now the devastation of a pandemic with no …