Publications on informal economy

  1. Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 71

    The rise of the "just-in-time workforce": On-demand work, crowdwork and labour protection in the "gig-economy"

    14 January 2016

  2. Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 67

    The effects of non-standard forms of employment on worker health and safety

    14 January 2016

  3. Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 69

    Non-standard forms of employment in some Asian countries: A study of wages and working conditions of temporary workers

    02 January 2016

  4. Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 68

    Structural change and non-standard forms of employment in India

    01 January 2016

  5. Publication

    Informal employment among youth in Brazil: Reflections by Representatives of the Subcommittee on the National Decent Work Agenda for Youth

    22 December 2015

  6. Publication

    Informal employment among youth in Brazil: Executive summary

    22 December 2015

  7. Publication

    Informal employment among youth in Brazil

    22 December 2015

  8. Publication

    Non-standard working in public services in Germany and the United Kingdom

    19 December 2015

    This paper is focused on those employed in the central civil service and those employed in local and regional government in Germany and the UK.

  9. Issue Brief no. 2 - Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining

    Improving working conditions for domestic workers: organizing, coordinated action and bargaining

    04 December 2015

    This Issue Brief examines innovative approaches to workers’ and employers’ organizations and collective bargaining that protect domestic workers from the risk of being engaged in unacceptable forms of work and afford them effective and inclusive labour protection.

  10. ESS Paper Series (SECSOC) - ESS 49

    National experiences in building social protection floors. India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

    30 November 2015

    This study reviews the legislation and implementation of the Indian Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the light of the provisions of Recommendation No. 202.