News room

March 2024

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    ILO and IMO recommend new steps against shipboard violence, harassment, and sexual assault

    06 March 2024

    The organizations’ recommendations include amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, a new IMO mandatory training for seafarers, and a joint IMO/ILO international awareness campaign.

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    Employer and business membership organizations make progress on gender equality but glass ceilings persist

    05 March 2024

    The ILO’s Bureau for Employers´ Activities and the International Organisation of Employers assessed progress made by national employer and business membership organizations over six years.

February 2024

  1. © Jerome Bossuet / CIMMYT 2024

    Impact of digitalization on work in developing economies revealed by new ILO research

    28 February 2024

    While many see technology as a key part of the solution to contemporary development challenges, new research points to its limitations in promoting development and structural transformation.

  2. Uzbekistan and ILO work on roadmap to advance Decent Work Agenda

    24 February 2024

    A round table held in Tashkent on February 23, 2024, chaired by the Republican Tripartite Commission, marked a significant milestone in Uzbekistan's journey towards bolstering its labour landscape.

  3. © Victor Libuku / ILO 2024

    New guidelines on medical examination of fishers adopted by the International Labour Organization and International Maritime Organization

    22 February 2024

    The crew of fishing vessels need to be medically fit for their physically demanding work. New medical examination guidelines will improve and standardize these examinations, leading to improved health and safety in the fishing sector.

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    AI’s role in evaluating job prestige and value spotlighted by new ILO research

    02 February 2024

    The utility and accuracy of AI tools in evaluating a range of job occupations, in comparison to human assessments, has potential benefits such as efficiency, cost effectiveness and speed, but some obstacles need to be overcome.

  5. Gender pay gap in Uzbekistan discussed at a tripartite workshop

    01 February 2024

    Representatives of Uzbekistan government’s, employers’ and workers’ organizations discussed preliminary outcomes of the ILO Gender Pay Gap Assessment.

January 2024

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    New report on platform economy marks first step towards considering a new international labour standard

    31 January 2024

    A new ILO study marks a step forward towards creating a new international labour standard to support decent work in the platform economy.

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    Global Coalition for Social Justice attracts first 100 partners

    23 January 2024

    Governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations, international organizations, academic institutions and INGOs join Coalition to grow multilateral cooperation, and accelerate progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals and Decent Work Agenda.

  3. © S. Gombert / Cultura Creative 2024

    OSH measures key to prevent violence and harassment in the world of work, says ILO report

    22 January 2024

    A new ILO report emphasizes using Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) frameworks to address the root causes of violence and harassment and to encourage collective action for better work environments.