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A Review of Wage Setting through Collective Bargaining
Factsheet, May 2023
Overview of Switzerland-ILO Cooperation
Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 - Cooperative contributions to SDG 2
This brief is part of the Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 series produced by the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC). Through a series of 17 briefs, one for each Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), COPAC hopes to raise awareness about the significant contributions of cooperative enterprises towards achieving the 2030 Agenda in a sustainable, inclusive and responsible way, and encourage continued support for their efforts. This brief focuses on SDG 2 – ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture.
Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 Cooperative contributions to SDG 12
This brief is part of the Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 series produced by the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC). Through a series of 17 briefs, one for each Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), COPAC hopes to raise awareness about the significant contributions of cooperative enterprises towards achieving the 2030 Agenda in a sustainable, inclusive and responsible way, and encourage continued support for their efforts. This brief focuses on SDG 12 – ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns.
Journée mondiale contre le travail des enfants (WDACL) 2018: Génération « Sécurité et santé » - Invitation évènement de Genève
SCORE Programme Brochure
Introduction to the ILO SCORE Programme: Supporting small and medium-sized enterprises to grow and create better jobs.
ILO Technical Note
ILO Technical Note: The state of application of the provisions for social security of the international treaties on social rights ratified by SWITZERLAND
ILO Research paper No. 13
Corporate Social Responsibility in International Trade and Investment Agreements: Implications for States, Business and Workers
This paper assesses the reference to CSR commitments in trade and investment agreements and finds that CSR language is relatively weak in terms of obligation, precision and delegation. Emphasising the potential to use the mechanisms that are provided in these agreements to activate and follow-up CSR commitments, it looks at what the implications could be for states, business and workers, and the potential ILO involvement.
Demographic change and private sector disability management in Australia, Canada, China and Switzerland - A comparative study: Public-Private Partnership
The International Labour Organization (ILO) sees disability management (DM) as crucial to supporting workers whose employment is threatened by illness or accident and bringing people back to work. However, despite the widespread adoption of DM, comparative international research among private companies in this area is minimal.
Strategic HIV/AIDS Response in Enterprises (SHARE): Public-Private Partnership
The ILO’s Strategic HIV/AIDS Response in Enterprises (SHARE) taps into the resources of the public and private sectors for the benefit of workers, their families, and enterprises – not to mention national economies. SHARE’s principal objectives are to help overcome HIV employment-related discrimination and to prevent HIV by reducing risky behaviours among workers in selected economic sectors, especially those that might be more vulnerable to HIV due to working and related living conditions.
Measuring Employment in the Tourism Industries - Guide with Best Practices
The Guide is one of the technical outputs produced under the joint ILO/UNWTO Agreement which completes a series of international references and methodological tools produced within the framework of the joint ILO/UNWTO Agreement.
Living and working conditions in inland navigation in Europe
This study explores various aspects of the inland navigation in the European region, addressing all the essential aspects in relation to the working and living conditions of the crews, including relevant laws and regulations, occupational safety and health, social security and enforcement, etc.
ILOAIDS Update - October 2013
Domestic Workers
Formalizing domestic work through the use of service vouchers-The particular cases of France, Belgium and the canton of Geneva
In 2011, the ILO adopted Convention n° 189 and Recommendation n° 201 on decent work for domestic workers. All over the world, a large proportion of domestic workers remain in the informal economy, and this prevents them from fully enjoying all the rights enshrined in these new standards.
Strengthening the role of employment injury schemes to help prevent occupational accidents and diseases
The overall aim of the guide is to provide policy recommendations for future direction in the area of employment injury (EI) schemes. The guide is targeted at a mixed audience of national authorities dealing with occupational safety and health (OSH).
A changing world: Adapting to an ageing population in the workplace
With better health and longevity, lower birth rates, and the ageing of baby boomers, the world is seeing a major change in demographic trends.
ILO thematic update - ILO in UN Cares: HIV and AIDS at UN workplaces
As a lead agency for HIV and AIDS workplace policies and programmes and private sector mobilization, the ILO plays a key role in UN Cares programmes as well. In partnership with different UN agencies, UNAIDS and UN Plus / organizations of persons living with HIV, the ILO contributes to UN Cares, not only for its own staff but also for staff in other agencies. Here are a few examples highlighting ILO actions in UN Cares at headquarter and field levels.
Making ILO offices accessible to persons with disabilities : access handbook
This Access Handbook is intended to assist the efforts of ILO directors and staff in headquarters, field and project offices to make ILO premises and services throughout the world accessible to people with physical, sensory and learning disabilities. The Handbook can help renew ILO efforts to advance in promoting access of persons with disabilities.
Working Paper No. 10 - Improving occupational classifications as tools for describing labour markets: A summary of recent national experiences.