Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Major trends in wages -- 1 Growth of average wages -- 1.1 Global estimates -- 1.2 Regional estimates -- 1.3 Average wages and productivity -- 2 The wage share -- 2.1 Recent trends in national wage shares -- 2.2 Trends at...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Introduction Context, objectives, scope and structure of the report -- Part I. Monitoring the state of social security coverage -- 1. Definitions, standards and concepts -- 1.1 Basic definitions -- 1.2 The scope of social...

Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Objectives -- 2. A national framework for occupational safety and health management systems -- 2.1. National policy -- 2.2. National guidelines -- 2.3. Tailored guidelines -- 3. The occupational safety and health management system in the...

Constitutes the first part of the "ILO toolkit on gender mainstreaming in the world of work". Describes experiences made in over 20 countries in the area of equality policies targeting women and men, promoting a balanced participation in representative bodies and agenda-setting processes, and in...

This new report is the first in a series to be published annually by the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour. It brings together research on child labour and social protection, identifying policies that are designed to achieve multiple social goals. It discusses the...

Incorporating the most recent labour market information available, Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013 sets out the youth labour market situation around the world. It shows where progress has or has not been made, updates world and regional youth labour market indicators and gives detailed...

The annual Global Employment Trends (GET) reports provide the latest global and regional estimates of employment and unemployment, employment by sector, vulnerable employment, labour productivity and working poverty, while also analysing country-level issues and trends in the labour market....

This report addresses two of the defining challenges of the twenty-first century: achieving environmental sustainability and turning the vision of decent work for all into a reality. It shows that not only are both challenges urgent, but they are also intimately linked and will have to be...

Wages are a major component of decent work, yet serious knowledge gaps remain in this increasingly important area. The Global Wage Report, published biennially, is divided into two parts. Part I provides policy-makers, social partners and academics around the world with information on regional...