Highlights

  1. Global Wage Report 2022-23

    The impact of COVID-19 and inflation on wages and purchasing power

    This ILO flagship report examines the evolution of real wages, giving a unique picture of wage trends globally and by region.

  1. Working Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World

    Working Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World provides a comprehensive review of both main aspects of working time – working hours and working time arrangements (also called work schedules) – and their effects on workers' work-life balance.

  2. Report

    Working from home: from invisibility to decent work

    With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, many in the world’s workforce have shifted to homeworking, thereby joining the hundreds of millions of workers who have already been working from home for decades.

  3. Book

    Telework in the 21st Century: an evolutionary perspective

    A new conceptual framework explaining the evolution of telework over four decades.

  4. Report

    Non-standard employment around the world:
    Understanding challenges, shaping prospects

    Analysis of the incidence and trends of non standard forms of employment globally and exploration of the reasons behind this phenomenon, including changes in the world of work brought about by globalization and social change.

Inclusive Labour Markets, Labour Relations and Working Conditions Branch (INWORK)

Inclusive Labour Markets, Labour Relations and Working Conditions Branch (INWORK) provides technical assistance to ILO constituents and expands the knowledge base on Wages, Working Time, Working Conditions, Collective Bargaining and Labour Relations, Contractual arrangements and Labour Market Security. INWORK also plays a key role in conducting activities on the formalization of the informal economy and coordinates the ILO Strategy to Make Decent Work a Reality for Domestic Workers. The Branch covers the interplay among these key labour market institutions and their combined effect on worker protection, labour market performance and equality.

Areas of work

  1. Wages and income

  2. Collective bargaining and labour relations

  3. Working time and work organization

  4. Non-standard forms of employment

  5. Formalization of the informal economy

  6. Domestic workers

  7. Employment security

  8. Digital labour platforms

What's new

  1. Short Report

    The road to decent work for domestic workers

    05 June 2023

  2. Publication

    A Review of Wage Setting through Collective Bargaining

    30 May 2023

  3. Guidance Note

    Guidance note: Wage protection for migrant workers

    27 April 2023

    Working time and wages are the working conditions that have the most direct and tangible effect on the everyday lives of workers and employers. Wages can determine job choice, the number of hours worked, and whether or not to migrate for employment. Adequate wages that ensure a fair share of the fruits of progress to all and standards for wage protection lie at the heart of the ILO’s mandate on social justice and the promotion of decent work.

  4. Report

    Women and men in the informal economy: A statistical update

    07 March 2023

    This report provides a snapshot of the situation in 2019 and trends in selected countries since 2020. It does not intend to provide an in-depth analysis of trends and factors of informality. Instead, the primary objective of this publication is to provide a concise update, both globally and by region, of data on the extent of informal employment, the categories of workers most exposed to informality and the characteristics of those currently in informal employment and their working conditions compared to their counterparts in formal employment.

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