All ILO Newsroom content
January 2016
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Statement
Quality Employment, Employability and Decent Work: Policy objectives and required actions
26 January 2016
Presentation by ILO Director-General to BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers, Ufa, Russian Federation, 25 January.
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Meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment
Labour and Employment Ministers of the BRICS countries adopted a joint declaration
26 January 2016
On 25–26 January, at the initiative of the Russian Federation, the first ever meeting of BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment was held in the city of Ufa, in order to discuss the areas of cooperation in the field of labour relations and employment, social security and social integration in the group’s member states.
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ILO Forced Labour Convention
United Kingdom joins renewed fight to end forced labour
22 January 2016
The UK has ratified the 2014 Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, adding its support to Norway and Niger in the campaign to end modern slavery.
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World Economic Forum annual meeting - 2016 Davos-Klosters
World Economic Forum session on the promise of progress
20 January 2016
While technology enters its next golden age, the percentage of adults working or looking for work is the lowest in almost 40 years in countries such as the United States. Is the Fourth Industrial Revolution failing the middle class?
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World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2016
WESO 2016: Our World Today
20 January 2016
The weak growth of 2015, coupled with slowdowns in major economies, spells trouble for the world of work in over the next few years. ILO researchers Veronica Escudero and Sameer Khatiwada lay out the challenges world economies will face by 2017. (Closed Captions available)
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World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2016
WESO 2016: Our World Tomorrow
20 January 2016
The world of work faces significant challenges in the coming decade, with technological shifts, population aging and struggling economies changing the way we work. ILO researchers Sameer Khatiwada and Veronica Escudero lay out the future trends of 2016 and beyond. (Closed Captions available)
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Future of Work seminar
Ideas on the future of work: Alain Supiot
20 January 2016
The International Labour Organization hosted a discussion looking at the future of work and the implications of technology on jobs. Panellist Prof. Alain Supiot from the Collège de France, shares his thoughts on the subject. (In French with subtitles in English)
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Future of Work seminar
Ideas on the future of work: Lord Robert Skidelsky
19 January 2016
The International Labour Organization hosted a discussion looking at the future of work and the implications of technology on jobs. Panellist Lord Robert Skidelsky, Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom, shares his thoughts on the subject.
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Future of Work seminar
Ideas on the future of work: Jayati Ghosh
19 January 2016
The International Labour Organization hosted a discussion looking at the future of work and the implications of technology on jobs. Panellist Prof. Jayati Ghosh, Professor from the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India, shares her thoughts on the subject.
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Future of Work seminar
Ideas on the future of work: Raymond Torres
19 January 2016
The International Labour Organization hosted a discussion looking at the future of work and the implications of technology on jobs. Raymond Torres, Director of the ILO Research Department, introduces the Future of Work Cenenary Initiative.