On World Food Safety Day, the ILO analyzes the work of subsistence foodstuff producers, as per improved international statistical standards.
Subsistence foodstuff producers: the importance of making their work visible Read More »
The latest edition of the World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) Trends reveals new data on job growth forecasts, shifting employment trends, income inequality, and the implications of technological change. It also explores the risks tied to rising geopolitical tensions and trade disruptions, and their ripple effects across regions and sectors.
World Employment and Social Outlook: May 2025 Update Read More »
On the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, we cast light on the progress achieved and the remaining gaps to address all forms of poverty for workers and their families around the world.
Left behind then, left behind now: the forgotten in the fight against poverty Read More »
On World Youth Skills Day, we explore the hardships of university graduates to find decent jobs around the world.
The complex link between education and labour underutilization Read More »
This blog provides a snapshot of dependent contractors, a group of workers who have long existed but have only been made visible through statistics recently.
On World Telecommunication & Information Society Day, we celebrate the progress made in extending access to key digital resources, while also recognizing the risks and challenges of digitalization, particularly in the world of work.
Digital progress without inclusion leaves workers behind Read More »
Sustainable Development Goal indicator 8.8.2 sheds light on the state of freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining
Measuring progress on labour rights Read More »
On this World Day for Safety and Health at Work, we analyse the remaining gap to realize this fundamental right.
The right to occupational safety and health: Still unrealized Read More »
The foundational resolution adopted in 2013 by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians introduced a forms-of-work framework with five forms of work (own-use production work, employment, unpaid trainee work, volunteer work, and other work activities) and new measures of labour underutilization, greatly increasing the gender relevance and the analytical value of labour statistics. However, the full potential of these new standards is only fulfilled if countries implement them in their data collection activities via robust gender-sensitive methods and communicate effectively the results. This short paper summarizes the rationale and benefits the new standards, highlighting key methodological and operational issues pertaining to their implementation, with an emphasis on the standards’ impact in improving the gender relevance of work statistics. It also briefly discusses the role of effective communication and dissemination in fulfilling the potential of gender-relevant work statistics.
On the International Day of Happiness, we underscore the importance of integrating happiness measurement into our understanding of decent work and the wellbeing of workers, employers, and societies.
Happiness: a key metric to understanding decent work Read More »
