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Mind the AI Divide: Shaping a Global Perspective on the Future of Work
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United Nations and International Labour Organization report

Mind the AI Divide: Shaping a Global Perspective on the Future of Work

Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024: Promoting decent work and social justice to manage ageing societies
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Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024: Promoting decent work and social justice to manage ageing societies

This Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024 report pulls together the most recent statistics to depict the state of the labour market and its impact on the 3.4 billion people living in the region. Beyond past trends, the report examines the...

Profits and poverty: The economics of forced labour
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New global estimates

Profits and poverty: The economics of forced labour

This report provides new estimates of the profits generated from forced labour and assesses how profits have changed since the last ILO estimates were published in 2014.

Arab States Employment and Social Outlook - Trends 2024: Promoting social justice through a just transition
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Arab States Employment and Social Outlook - Trends 2024: Promoting social justice through a just transition

Preventing and addressing violence and harassment in the world of work through occupational safety and health measures
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Preventing and addressing violence and harassment in the world of work through occupational safety and health measures

The report addresses the widespread issue of violence and harassment in the workplace and emphasizes the need for comprehensive measures, including international conventions and safety protocols, to combat these challenges globally.

The road to decent work for domestic workers
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The road to decent work for domestic workers

Global Employment Policy Review 2023: Macroeconomic policies for recovery and structural transformation
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Global Employment Policy Review 2023: Macroeconomic policies for recovery and structural transformation

The second edition of the Global Employment Policy Review (GEPR) focuses on the issue of employment-centred macroeconomic policies for recovery and structural transformation.

Experiences of violence and harassment at work: A global first survey
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Joint report

Experiences of violence and harassment at work: A global first survey

The report is the first attempt to provide a global overview of people’s own experiences of violence and harassment at work, including its main different forms – be it physical, psychological or sexual – and respondents’ experiences with...

Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2022: Rethinking sectoral strategies for a human-centred future of work
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Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2022: Rethinking sectoral strategies for a human-centred future of work

Labour markets are recovering from the COVID-19 crisis in Asia and the Pacific, but now face new challenges like inflation and geopolitical tensions. The report gives the regional labour market context and makes a first-time assessment of regional...

Greening Enterprises: Transforming processes and workplaces [Summary]
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Greening Enterprises: Transforming processes and workplaces [Summary]

Greening Enterprises: Transforming processes and workplaces
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Greening Enterprises: Transforming processes and workplaces

Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage
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Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage

This report was produced through a collaboration between the ILO, Walk Free and the International Organization for Migration.

Global Employment Trends for Youth 2022: Investing in transforming futures for young people
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Global Employment Trends for Youth 2022: Investing in transforming futures for young people

Incorporating the most recent labour market information available, Global Employment Trends for Youth sets out the youth labour market situation around the world. It shows where progress has or has not been made, updates world and regional youth...

Care at work: Investing in care leave and services for a more gender equal world of work

Care at work: Investing in care leave and services for a more gender equal world of work

The report provides a global overview of national laws and practices regarding care policies, namely maternity protection, paternity, parental and other care-related leave policies, as well as childcare and long-term care services.

The future of diversity
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The future of diversity

This book offers new perspectives on the concept of diversity and the role diversity can play in the future world of work.

Making decent work a reality for domestic workers: Progress and prospects ten years after the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention,...
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Making decent work a reality for domestic workers: Progress and prospects ten years after the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention,...

This report assesses the working conditions of domestic workers ten years after the adoption of Domestic Workers Convention in 2011. It highlights the progress made over a decade, as well as the remaining legal and implementation gaps, and provides...

Child Labour: Global estimates 2020, trends and the road forward
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Child Labour: Global estimates 2020, trends and the road forward

Published for the first time jointly by the ILO and UNICEF, as co-custodians of Target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals, the report Child Labour: 2020 global estimates, trends and the road forward takes stock of where we stand in the global...

Working from home: From invisibility to decent work
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Working from home: From invisibility to decent work

With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, many in the world’s workforce have shifted to homeworking, thereby joining the hundreds of millions of workers who have already been working from home for decades.

Global Employment Policy Review 2020: Employment Policies for Inclusive Structural Transformation
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Global Employment Policy Review 2020: Employment Policies for Inclusive Structural Transformation

The Global Employment Policy Review (GEPR) examines trends in employment policies while at the same time presenting new and innovative solutions to the challenges of policy design and implementation. In this first edition, the report focuses on the...

Global Employment Trends for Youth 2020: Technology and the future of jobs
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Global Employment Trends for Youth 2020: Technology and the future of jobs

Incorporating the most recent labour market information available, this report sets out the youth labour market situation around the world.