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ILO Working Paper 129

Industrial relations in micro and small enterprises: patterns, trends and prospects

Country Office for the Horn of Africa

ILO CO Addis Ababa: Annual Report 2023

The ILO Country Office for Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan’s Annual Report for 2023 highlights significant achievements in promoting social justice, decent work, and inclusive growth across the region. Key milestones include...

Workers’ organizations responding to the needs of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons

This report explores the role of workers' organizations in supporting refugees and forcibly displaced persons within the framework of the ILO PROSPECTS programme. It highlights the organisations' efforts to promote decent work, non-discrimination,...

Technical Brief

National social dialogue institutions in selected countries of Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus: Closing the knowledge gap

Report of the ILO-AICESIS Joint International Conference 23–24 November 2023

The role of social dialogue and its institutions in combating inequalities in the world of work

Report

Workers’ representatives in selected Central and Eastern European countries: Filling a gap in labour rights protection or trade union...

Guidelines

Green Employment Diagnostics for Just Transitions

Supporting countries understand and respond to the opportunities and threats posed by climate change, and policy responses to promote just transitions

International Journal of Labour Research

Social protection as a key component of the new social contract: a leading role for trade unions

While social protection is recognized as a basic human right by virtually all governments and international institutions, in reality most of the global population still has no social protection coverage. The ILO Social Protection Floors...

International Journal of Labour Research

A new social contract: achieving social justice in an era of accelerating change in the agricultural sector

Smart farming is predicted to solve global problems of food security by introducing digital technology to save production costs; however, by switching to the full use of technology it is displacing labour, as evidenced by several country studies...

International Journal of Labour Research

Reflections on the new social contract

This paper describes the pressures imposed on people and the planet by climate change, global conflict and the complex issues of inequality generated by past economic models. On the labour front, technological development and increasing automation...

International Journal of Labour Research

The world of work and the new social contract

The social contract of the 1940s and 1950s followed the principle that citizens contributed to the common good – whether economically, socially or culturally – on the assumption that the state would ensure a minimum standard of living, provision of...

International Journal of Labour Research

Towards a European socio-ecological contract

The paradigm change in our economic model that is needed to put human activity back within planetary boundaries requires a reparation of entrenched existing inequalities. It is also essential to avoid creating new inequalities on top of the old...

Executive Summary

A new social contract: achieving social justice in an era of accelerating change (Executive Summary)

International Journal of Labour Research

A new social contract for the social media platforms: prioritizing rights and working conditions for content creators and moderators

This paper describes the special challenges faced by content moderators and creators on digital labour platforms, including isolation, high workload, exposure to disturbing content, abuse and harassment and lack of job security. A new social...

International Journal of Labour Research

Why a new social contract is urgent?

This article summarizes key aspects of the new social contract adopted by the ITUC 5th World Congress in Melbourne, Australia, in November 2022. The world needs the new social contract to replace the failing, inequitable and unsustainable economic...

Report

Part II: Two decades of national employment policies 2000-2020

Towards a new generation of national employment policies (NEPs): What can we learn from the evolution of the scope and content of NEPs?

Governance and Tripartism Department

Access to labour justice: Comparative law and practice on labour disputes prevention and resolution

The report highlights the commonalities and differences across the legal and regulatory, institutional and procedural frameworks governing dispute prevention and resolution mechanisms in the countries under study.

International Journal of Labour Research

A new social contract: achieving social justice in an era of accelerating change

This 2023 edition of the International Journal of Labour Research (IJLR), aims to stimulate reflection on what a new social contract might entail and more specifically the role of workers’ organizations in engaging in the design and establishment of...

ILO-AICESIS Joint International Conference

Athens Declaration on the role of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions in combating inequalities in the world of work

A joint publication by Fundación ONCE and the ILO Global Business and Disability Network

Making the green transition inclusive for persons with disabilities

Persons with disabilities face unique challenges in the context of climate change – both in terms of how they are directly impacted as well as the obstacle faced in taking advantage of emerging labour market opportunities - and are often overlooked...