Employment services: Key resources

June 2010

  1. Publication

    Towards the right to work: Innovations in Public Employment Programmes (IPEP)

    23 June 2010

    Employment Working Paper No. 69

January 2010

  1. Publication

    Gender Mainstreaming at the Labour Market of Ukraine and Role of the Public Employment Service

    01 January 2010

    This report is the outcome of the project on Gender Mainstreaming in the Public Employment Service of Ukraine (PES), initiated by the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Central and Eastern Europe in Budapest within the large-scale project "Gender Equality in the World of Work," implemented in Ukraine by the ILO and co-funded by the European Union and the ILO. The main objective of the project is to develop an action plan for the Public Employment Service (PES) of Ukraine to improve its capacity in developing and implementing gender-sensitive labour market policies, programmes and services. The project also aims to ensure that the PES proactively encourages equal outcomes regarding male and female employment and vertical and horizontal gender desegregation of the labour market.

December 2009

  1. Publication

    ILO Summit on the global jobs crisis. June 2009

    21 December 2009

    The ILO Summit on the Global Jobs Crisis was held on 15-17 June 2009 in Geneva, in response to the financial crisis and its grave impact on global unemployment, poverty and inequality. Addressed by Heads of State and Government, Vice-Presidents, Ministers and leaders of workers' and employers' organizations from around the world, the Summit featured three days of intense debate on different aspects of the crisis.

  2. Publication

    Evaluation of Capacity Building for Employment Services and Jobsnet(CABNET)-ILO Accelerated Employment Services Project (AES) (Final Evaluation Summary)

    07 December 2009

    Project SRL/05/05/SID - Evaluation Team: K.A.L. Premaratne, E. Annalingam and Prof. K. Thadchanamoorthy

  3. Publication

    Labour migration and the emergence of private employment agencies in Tajikistan: A review of current law and practice

    01 December 2009

    Joint publication of the International Labour Organization and the International Organisation for Migration. This study is the first in-depth analysis of the normative framework regulating PrEAs in Tajikistan. It also describes practical experiences of the industry including various abusive practices that require the attention of law makers.

November 2009

  1. Publication

    Public Employment Services Responses to the Global Economic Crisis

    10 November 2009

October 2009

  1. Publication

    Private employment agencies, temporary agency workers and their contribution to the labour market. WPEAC/2009

    02 October 2009

    Private employment agencies play an important role in the functioning of contemporary labour markets. They act as intermediaries in modern labour markets, allowing enterprises greater flexibility to increase or decrease their workforces, while ensuring for the workers sufficient security in terms of job opportunities and employment standards, including pay, working time and training.

July 2009

  1. Publication

    Labour administration: To ensure good governance through legal compliance in Latin America. The central role of labour inspection.

    17 July 2009

    This study examines the role of labour inspection in Latin America, where there is a shared history and language, as well as similar developments and common ideas on labour administration. This makes the subject amenable to a comparative approach. Within this regional context, this study examines the different characteristics of labour inspection at national level, as well as other elements common to all civil law systems.

May 2007

  1. Instructional material

    Guide to Private Employment Agencies: Regulation, Monitoring and Enforcement

    01 May 2007

    This Guide provides guidance to national legislators in drafting legal frameworks in line with ILO Convention No. 181 and Recommendation No. 188. It is rich in many examples of country legislation from both developed and developing countries.

January 2007

  1. Publication

    Guide to Private Employment Agencies: Regulation, Monitoring and Enforcement

    01 January 2007

    The Guide provides guidance to national legislators in drafting legal frameworks in line with ILO Convention No. 181 and Recommendation No. 188. It is rich in many examples of country legislation from both developed and developing countries.