News and events on the future of work

  1. ILO India: 100 year journey

    20 November 2018

    By working with the ILO, India is making progress towards creating decent work for its growing, youthful population. With the ILO's Centenary on the horizon, this video explains the country’s long-standing connection with the Organization and some of the goals for the future.

  2. Impact of digital revolution and globalization on labour law spotlighted

    New forms of work, digitization, robotics, neurosciences, employment protection, globalization and the health and privacy of workers were among the subjects discussed at the second global congress of Cielo Laboral, a group facilitating the study of labour law. The conference was attended by labour lawyers from more than 15 countries.

  3. Workshop: Contribution by the International Bar Association to the ILO’s Debate on The Future of Work

    Legal trends for the regulation of employment and labor and labor relations of the future with special consideration to law and disruptive technologies at work

  4. ILO signs new cooperation agreement with Economic and Social Councils worldwide

    23 October 2018

    Institutions to step up collaboration on areas of mutual interest such as social dialogue and decent work.

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    As tech disrupts our jobs, it's not too late to turn pain into gain

    22 October 2018

    Workers will need a magic mix of skills to survive the technological revolution.

  6. Landmark ILO Conference sets standards to measure new and invisible forms of work

    19 October 2018

    International Conference of Labour Statisticians adopts unique statistical roadmap to measure progress on UN’s 2030 Agenda and help policy makers create better policies on the future of work.

  7. ILO Director-General closes historic labour statistics Conference

    19 October 2018

    Conference offers the world new statistical tools which will provide policy makers with much needed information on emerging and less visible forms of employment.

  8. The future of work: More voice creates better decisions in enterprises

    12 October 2018

    On the occasion of the 2018 France-ILO meetings, organized by the ILO and the French Ministry of Labour in Paris, the Director-General of the ILO, Guy Ryder, addressed the importance of social dialogue in effectively managing changes in the world of work.

  9. International Labour Office expresses concern about World Bank report on future of work

    12 October 2018

    Following the publication of the World Development Report 2019 on ‘The Changing Nature of Work’, the International Labour Office questions the approach to some key issues addressed in the publication.

  10. “Making the invisible visible”

    09 October 2018

    The 20th ILO International Conference of Labour Statisticians opened in Geneva on 10 October 2018. An interview with Rafael Diez de Medina, Director of ILO Statistics, about some of the key issues on the agenda.