Publications on Wages

March 2014

  1. Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 45

    Analysis of employment, real wage, and productivity trends in South Africa since 1994

    13 March 2014

February 2014

  1. Publication

    General Survey on Minimum Wage Systems (2014)

    10 February 2014

    The Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations has just published its annual General Survey on member States' national law and practice.

  2. Publication

    Working Conditions Laws 2012

    06 February 2014

    This report provides an international comparative legal information on national working conditions legislation and highlights global and regional trends in over 150 countries. The report covers national legislation in three fundamental working conditions: working hours, minimum wages, and maternity protection. The report aims to provide ILO constituents, policymakers, and researchers with comparative legal information on these issues as they consider legislation and policies that impact on workplaces and their workforce.

January 2014

  1. Publication

    Creative Labour Regulation: Indeterminacy and protection in an uncertain world

    29 January 2014

    Creative labour regulation is an interdisciplinary response to the central contemporary challenges to effective labour regulation. Drawing on contributions by leading experts from the Regulating for Decent Work Network, it offers new ideas for research and policy.

  2. Publication

    Wage-led Growth: An equitable strategy for economic recovery

    28 January 2014

    This original and extensive study examines the causes and consequences associated with the falling wage share and rising inequality in income distribution, relating to both aggregate demand and labour productivity. It presents new empirical and econometric evidence regarding the economic causes and potential impact of changing income distribution.

December 2013

  1. Publication

    The formal and informal sectors in Colombia: Country case study on labour market segmentation

    12 December 2013

    Employment Working Paper No. 146

November 2013

  1. Domestic Work Policy Brief no. 7

    Working time of live-in domestic workers

    28 November 2013

    This document is part of a series of briefs on issues and approaches to promoting decent work for domestic workers.

October 2013

  1. Guidelines

    Equal Pay - An introductory guide

    04 October 2013

    Ensuring that the work done by women and men is valued fairly and ending pay discrimination is essential to achieving gender equality. However, pay inequality continues to persist and gender pay gaps in some instances have stagnated or even increased.

May 2013

  1. Publication

    The employment situation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Advances and challenges in measuring decent work

    21 May 2013

    The Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean is a twice-yearly report prepared jointly by the Economic Development Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Subregional Office for the South Cone of Latin America of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

February 2013

  1. Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 38

    Wage Protection Legislation in Africa

    01 February 2013