Resources on tripartism and social dialogue
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Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions
Career guidance in challenging times: An investment in the future
16 February 2023
A host of disruptive trends – public health crises, accelerated automation, digitalization, and climate change – are buffeting the world of work, requiring new kinds of skills and re-skilling in labour markets. Career guidance is now more important than ever for recovery plans and forward-looking strategies for helping workers stay employed, and enterprises stay competitive.
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Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions
The Global Accelerator: What it is and what it does in the future of work
12 January 2023
In the face or multiple global challenges, the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions has been launched to increase coordination of the multilateral system’s efforts to help countries create 400 million decent jobs in both developed and emerging economies, and to extend social protection to 4 billion people who are currently excluded.
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Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions
Global shifts in employment structure: A new geography of jobs?
09 November 2022
Over more than a decade, a series of economic crises have rocked the labour markets, eliminating millions of jobs in some sectors and spawning millions of new ones in others. This podcast examines the extent of these changes in employment structures, and how they affect different regions of the world and the future of work.
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Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions
Digital transformation in Rwanda: Is it creating a new future of work?
17 October 2022
The global phenomenon of digitalization is increasingly going local. Worldwide, informal online platform work is growing, creating new jobs. This podcast looks at Rwandan jobs in the digital era.
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Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions
Algorithmic management: What it is, what it does and what it means for the future of work
10 October 2022
Algorithmic management has been seen as a positive technological and digital factor in the organization of economic activity, but it also comes with a range of challenges. This episode examines these issues.
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Voices
I am a champion for migrant workers
26 January 2022
Maya Aktar left her home in Bangladesh to work as a receptionist at a garment factory in Jordan. She is now a union organizer and advocates for the rights of other migrant garment workers.
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Discussing the key issues of the world of work
107th International Labour Conference concludes
08 June 2018
The 107th International Labour Conference wrapped up after two weeks of deliberations on key issues affecting the world of work, ranging from social dialogue to child labour. Delegates also paved the way for what would be a groundbreaking Convention on Violence and Harassment in the world of Work.
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Audio interview
Economic and Social Councils must emphasize the importance of workplace compliance
28 October 2015
Youcef Ghellab, Head of the Social Dialogue and Tripartism Unit says that relying on labour law enforcement is not enough to deliver safe and productive work environments. National tripartite organizations have a key role to play in delivering on workplace compliance, including in global supply chains.
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4th Conference on Regulating for Decent Work
Session on Labour Policies, Practices, and Strategies in Global Supply Chains: ILO Better Work Programme in Indonesia
10 July 2015
Laura Chirot (MIT), Colin Fenwick (ILO) and Ockert Dupper (ILO) discuss the interaction of private and public labour regulation at global and local levels looking at Better Work programme in Indonesia. Jennifer Bair (U Colorado Boulder) discussed transnational governance mechanisms in global supply chains.
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4th Conference on Regulating for Decent Work
Session on Labour Policies, Practices, and Strategies in Global Supply Chains: ILO Better Work Programme
10 July 2015
Presenting evidence from Better Work programme in Vietnam, Drusilla Brown & Laura Babbitt (Tufts U) analyse non-compliance on wages and hours, and Mark Anner (Penn State U) explores the link between wildcat strikes and social dialogue. Kelly Pike (York U) and Shane Godfrey (UCT) look at the impact of Better Work programme in Lesotho.