International Labour Organisation (ILO)
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is devoted to promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights, pursuing its founding mission that social justice is essential to universal and lasting peace.
Only tripartite U.N. agency, the ILO brings together governments, employers and workers representatives of 187 member States , to set labour standards, develop policies and devise programmes promoting decent work for all women and men.
Today, the ILO's Decent Work agenda helps advance the economic and working conditions that give all workers, employers and governments a stake in lasting peace, prosperity and progress.
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The State of Social Justice 2025: A Work in Progress
The 2025 edition of the Global Employment Policy Review addresses employment impact assessments in an era of economic and social transformation.It also addresses policy-coordination dialogue among different entities within governments as well as dialogue among international organizations working on impact assessments.
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Global Employment Policy Review 2025: Do Employment-Responsive Policies Work? How Impact Assessments, Diagnostics and Dialogue Contribute to the Answer
This ILO flagship report positions social justice not as a luxury but as a foundational pillar for peace, stability, cohesion, and sustainable development, grounded in the universal recognition of human and labour rights as essential to dignity and fairness.
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World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2025
The latest edition of the World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) Trends reveals new data on job growth forecasts, shifting employment trends, income inequality, and the implications of technological change. It also explores the risks tied to rising geopolitical tensions and trade disruptions, and their ripple effects across regions and sectors.
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World Social Protection Report 2024-26
The World Social Protection Report 2024-26 emphasizes the critical role of social protection in addressing the climate crisis and highlights significant progress and gaps in global social protection systems since 2015.
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Social Dialogue Report 2024
The Social Dialogue Report 2024 by the International Labour Organization (ILO) focuses on "peak-level social dialogue" (PLSD), which involves a set of institutions and processes where governments, employers' and workers' organizations negotiate, consult each other, and exchange information on labor, economic, and social matters at national or sectoral levels.
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Global Wage Report 2024-25
The Global Wage Report 2024-25 provides a detailed look at wage trends around the world and in different regions, highlighting changes in wage inequality and real wage growth. It explores key challenges workers face globally and sheds light on patterns of income differences between and within countries.
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World social and Employment - Trends 2024
Emploi et questions sociales dans le monde - Tendances 2024 (French)
Ce rapport phare de l'OIT révèle un scénario mondial complexe en matière d'emploi.
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Perspectivas Sociales y del Empleo en el Mundo - Tendencias 2024 (Spanish)
Este informe emblemático de la OIT revela un complejo panorama mundial del empleo.
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Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024 - Promoting decent work and social justice to manage ageing societies
This report presents the most recent statistics on the state of the labour market and its impact on the 3.4 billion people living in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Integrating trade and decent work Volume 1: Has trade led to better jobs? Findings based on the ILO’s Decent Work Indicators
This volume, the first of a two-volume set, develops and executes a comprehensive framework for assessing the impact of trade on the labour market, using decent work indicators applied to commonly used methodologies.
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Integrating trade and decent work Volume 2: The potential of trade and investment policies to address labour market issues in supply chains
This second volume in the set focuses on how labour issues are currently reflected in trade and investment agreements and explores their implementation in practice.
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Integrating trade and decent work: Volume 1 and Volume 2
This is a two-volume set, providing a comprehensive framework for assessing the impact of trade on the labour market and also labour issues in trade and investment agreements.
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Human-centred approach to increasing workplace productivity: Evidence from Asia
This book examines emerging signs that human-centred human resource management (HRM) practices increased workplace productivity in four major economies in Asia, namely China, India, Japan and the Republic of Korea.
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Preventing and addressing violence and harassment in the world of work through occupational safety and health measures
This 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.
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Judgements of the Tribunal administrative of the ILO - 136th Session
This 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.
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Judgements of the Tribunal administrative of the ILO - 137th Session
This 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.
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Etude à l'introduction du travail - Troisième Edition
Cette publication est reconnue comme la meilleure introduction au sujet pour les praticiens, enseignants et ëtudiants. Il propose une formation à l'étude des méthodes et à la mesure du travail, couvre les approches de la gestion de la production et leur relation avec l'étude du travail.
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Compendium of maritime labour instruments: (Third edition)
This edition includes amendments from 2014, 2016 and 2018 of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006).
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Ambient factors in the workplace
This guide reviews the various aspects of prevention and control for each of the factors, as well as material on hazard assessment and surveillance of workers' health and working environment.