Creating a knowledge base for the world of work. This is the official account of the Research Department of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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📅 Le travail ne se limite plus à un lieu fixe. Quelles conséquences pour le droit du travail ?
Le 29 octobre, échangez avec Loïc Lerouge (@CNRS, @comptrasec) sur l’évolution des frontières du lieu de travail.
🕑 14h–15h
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How can lifelong learning systems keep pace with a changing world of work?
At the 2026 #Jobs4Dev Conference in Hong Kong, @VeEscudero_ presented the @ilo's flagship report Lifelong learning and skills for the future, exploring what workers, enterprises and countries need to navigate changing skills demands.
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How can #DecentWork keep pace with the platform economy?
The new @ilo Convention marks a landmark step towards ensuring innovation goes hand in hand with workers’ rights, fair competition and sustainable growth.
📲Learn more: ow.ly/yMAF50ZfQZ1
More than 3/4 of trade-linked jobs in #Africa are informal. Yet informal workers and small businesses often have little say in the policies that affect them.
A new ILO Brief looks at how to strengthen their voice in trade and labour policy.
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📘 The latest issue of the International Labour Review is out.
It explores how AI, collective bargaining, platform work, inequality and institutions are reshaping the world of work, with evidence from China, Greece, Brazil and beyond.
Read the issue: tinyurl.com/y8d8jn6v
🔎 Knowing where new technologies could affect jobs doesn’t tell us what happens to employment.
ILO research across 1,000+ areas in 69 countries finds that the local mix of skills helps explain why outcomes differ.
Read the new article:
tinyurl.com/knn86663
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How can the rapidly evolving platform economy contribute to decent work, productivity and inclusive economic development?
At #UNGA81, join a discussion on platform work, technological change and @ilo Convention No. 193.
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📱 What if an entrepreneur could carry a business adviser in their pocket?
The ILO is piloting SABY, an AI-powered WhatsApp assistant helping entrepreneurs tackle everyday business challenges, from record keeping to export readiness.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yr8ussh9
#AI #Entrepreneurship #MSMEs #DecentWork
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At the 2026 Global Coalition for Social Justice Forum, partners are coming together to share experiences, strengthen collaboration and advance social justice and decent work.
📺 Watch live: ow.ly/lBpz50ZNHw1 #SocialJustice
Trade can create jobs. But not by itself.
New @ilo research in 5 African countries finds workers, employers and governments agree: employment policies and social dialogue are key to turning trade and investment into better jobs.
Read the report 👇
tinyurl.com/4uu4ujxs
Lifelong learning does not become real through ambition alone.
It depends on access, financing, quality, coordination and social dialogue - the things that make learning possible in practice.
ILO report explains: ow.ly/vO3E50YUuGF
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What does it take to turn commitments on social justice into real progress?
On 16–17 September, partners of the Global Coalition for Social Justice will come together to share solutions, lessons and opportunities for collective action.
ow.ly/GbwR50ZL84Z #SocialJustice
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The @ilo will engage with world leaders, the @UN system & other partners during the 81st session of the #UNGA, with a focus on ensuring that #DecentWork & #SocialJustice are at the centre of responses to transformations reshaping economies and societies.
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Artificial intelligence may feel automated, but behind it are people and work.
This week, #INDL9 explored how a human-centred research approach can connect AI development with decent work, international labour standards and workers’ voice.
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AI supply chains depend on human labour that often remains invisible.
Join INDL-9 to explore what this means for decent work and workers’ voice.
📺ow.ly/JSZF50ZHh7n
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Artificial intelligence is reshaping the world of work.
The challenge is to ensure young people have the skills and support they need to thrive.
Read the ILO's Global Employment Trends for Youth 2026: ilo.org/getyouth2026
Starting soon ⏰
Join us today at 16:00 CEST for a webinar with @veenadubal on how algorithmic management is reshaping worker power, wage bargaining and regulatory responses.
🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/4j7ar6dx
🌏 In Colombo, the @ilo is bringing together governments, employers and workers from across Asia-Pacific to explore how trade and investment can better support decent work, sustainable enterprises and inclusive development.
#DecentWork #Trade #Investment #AsiaPacific
@ILOColombo
