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Navigating Employer and Business Membership Organizations (EBMOs) Financial Challenges

Lifelong learning

Skilling for future in PSEs: An ILO-SCOPE study on skills profiles in PSEs

Women in business and management

Women in Business: How employer and business membership organizations drive gender equality

In this report, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) examine the progress made by business organisations on gender equality and diversity within their organisations over a period of six...

Productivity

Determinants of Productivity-enhancing Structural Change and the Role of Business Environment

This report is focused on understanding how the business environment influences productivity growth. Our findings highlight the East Asia region’s achievements, driven by a business environment that prioritises market efficiency. This research...

Newsletter #4 - December 2023

Business resilience

Business Resilience in Retrospect: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Business resilience is essential for sustainable economic prosperity and growth. A company's ability to bounce back from adversity impacts the wider economic picture, shaping growth and employment trajectories. This study delves into the experiences...

Newsletter #3 - October 2023

Tool 3: Compensation and benefits

Human resource management:A manual for employer and business membership organizations

Tool 5: Development and training

Human resource management:A manual for employer and business membership organizations

Tool 7: Separation practices

Human resource management:A manual for employer and business membership organizations

Tool 2: Staffing and recruitment

Human resource management:A manual for employer and business membership organizations

Tool 4: Performance management

Human resource management:A manual for employer and business membership organizations

Tool 6: Employee relations

Human resource management:A manual for employer and business membership organizations

Tool 1: Human resource management in an organization – Fundamentals

Human resource management:A manual for employer and business membership organizations

ACCEL Africa 2nd Phase

Accelerating action for the elimination of child labour in supply chains in Africa (ACCEL AFRICA) - 2nd phase in brief

The ACCEL Africa Project is entering its second phase with a strong commitment to eradicating child labour in supply chains across Africa. It is continuing to target the root causes of child labour in specific countries and supply chains,...

Digital economy

Policy issues in the digital platform economy: A guide for employers’ organizations in Southeast Asia

This report reviews some of the major legal and regulatory challenges related to platform work and examines how employer and business membership organizations (EBMOs) can shape this framework while expanding their organizations to provide more...

Social protection

Social protection systems in ASEAN: A strategy guide for employers

ASEAN Member States have taken steps to expand social protection, especially after the adoption of the 2013 ASEAN Declaration on Strengthening Social Protection. The pandemic pushed ASEAN governments to reassess and often reaffirm commitments to...

Business resilience

A conceptual framework for building business resilience

The report encompasses a detailed process of building the business resilience (BRI), beginning from identifying the components of business resilience, outlining the challenges of data acquisition, to the application of various methods to synthesize...

Digitalization of Business Organizations

Case study: Uruguay - Industry 4.0: Digital Transformation Plans

This case study, prepared by the ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP), aims to assist Latin American Employer and Business Membership Organizations (EBMOs) in their journey towards digitalisation, based on information and responses...

Digitalization of Business Organizations

Argentina and UIA: How it Adopted a Two-Level Approach

This case study, prepared by the ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP), aims to assist Latin American Employer and Business Membership Organizations (EBMOs) in their journey towards digitalisation, based on information and responses...