News

January 2013

  1. Media advisory

    ILO to launch first global report on domestic work

    04 January 2013

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) is to launch its new report on domestic workers around the world.

December 2012

  1. Global Wage Report 2012/13

    Gender pay gap drops, but not for the right reasons

    19 December 2012

    An ILO report says women’s pay has become closer to that of men in most countries but warns that in some cases this may just mean that men are worse off now than before the crisis.

  2. Panorama Laboral 2012

    Latin America, Caribbean unemployment continues falling

    18 December 2012

    Steady economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean continues reducing unemployment rates, according to an ILO report. But about half the region’s workers are trapped in informal sector jobs.

  3. News

    ILO, European Commission, OHCHR, UNWOMEN and KSBSI sign agreement on global action programme on migrant domestic workers

    18 December 2012

    The European Commission and the ILO in partnership with OHCHR, UNWOMEN and the Indonesian Trade Union KSBSI signed an agreement on implementing a “Global Action programme on migrant domestic workers and their families”. The implementation of this three-year programme, with € 3.5 million EU funding, will start on 1 February 2013.

  4. Migrant workers

    US$2.5 million to improve labour migration governance in the Middle East

    17 December 2012

    Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation funds ILO initiative to improve working conditions for migrants in the Middle East.

  5. Global Wage Report 2012/2013

    Is it the end of a low-wage production model in China?

    14 December 2012

    China’s long-held position as a country of cheap goods based on low-wage labour looks set to change, with wages rising sharply across the board, according to the latest ILO Global Wage Report.

  6. Moscow, 11–12 December

    Moscow Conference highlights convergence of countries’ policies and the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda

    12 December 2012

    ILO-Russia Decent Work conference ends with agreement on the need for more quality jobs as a basis for economic growth.

  7. Skills

    Wanted: Local workers for the oil and gas industry

    12 December 2012

    The oil and gas industry is facing increasing shortages of skilled workers. This could be an opportunity for oil- and gas-producing countries to boost the involvement of their local workforce.

  8. Press release

    Moscow Decent Work conference opens with calls for growth and jobs

    11 December 2012

    Collective international action is needed for economic recovery, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, at a landmark ILO-Russia Decent Work conference.

  9. Global Employment Trends for Women 2012

    Reversal of gains in women's employment

    11 December 2012

    Women are still more likely to be unemployed than men around the world. That's one of the conclusions of the ILO's Global Employment Trends for Women 2012. And the report also found that, while the numbers vary from region to region, the steady progress being made by women in the workplace slowed, stopped or reversed as a result of the global economic crisis.