News

August 2017

  1. Global Commission on the Future of Work

    ILO launches Global Commission on the Future of Work

    21 August 2017

    In the presence of the Prime Minister of Sweden and the President of Mauritius, the ILO has launched a high-level international body to address the challenges of the rapidly transforming world of work.

  2. Future of Work Initiative

    ILO to establish Global Commission on the Future of Work

    16 August 2017

    On 21 August, the Prime Minister of Sweden and the President of Mauritius will launch the new international body during a high-level event in Geneva.

July 2017

  1. © Bundesregierung/Güngör 2024

    G20 Leaders' Summit

    Shaping inclusive globalization preoccupies G20 Leaders at Hamburg Summit

    08 July 2017

    Leaders’ Declaration recognizes the importance of meeting the challenge of creating decent work opportunities and reversing trends towards increased inequality.

  2. © Adri Berger / ILO 2024

    Skills and trade

    ILO, WTO launch study on investing in skills for inclusive trade

    04 July 2017

    Enhancing the skills of a country’s workforce lifts the export performance of its enterprises and better prepares them to meet foreign competition in the domestic market, according to economists from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).

June 2017

  1. ILO Governing Body

    ILO Governing Body elects Luc Cortebeeck as new chairperson

    17 June 2017

    Luc Cortebeeck, President of the Workers’ Group and Vice-Chairperson of the ILO Governing Body, will head the International Labour Organization’s executive body for the period 2017-2018.

  2. Governing Body

    Catelene Passchier, Workers’ delegate from the Netherlands elected President of the Workers’ Group

    17 June 2017

  3. World of Work Summit: A better future for women at work

    Malta’s President calls on the global community to take urgent action on gender equality

    15 June 2017

    “The global economy will continue to suffer greatly, if women continue to be excluded,” said the President of Malta, H.E. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, at the ILO’s World of Work Summit.

  4. © Yamuni Rashmika Perera / ILO 2024

    World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends for Women

    Reducing gender gaps would significantly benefit women, society and the economy

    14 June 2017

    A new ILO report shows that closing the gender gap by 25% by 2025 could add EUR 410.71 billion to the EU-28 economy and boost tax revenue.

  5. Labour Standards

    Belgium has ratified the Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors’ Benefits Convention, 1967 (No. 128), the Chemicals Convention, 1990 (No. 170), and the Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991 (No. 172)

    14 June 2017

  6. Occupational Safety and Health

    Netherlands ratifies three important Conventions concerning Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)

    08 June 2017