Books and reports

January 2023

  1. Publication

    Working Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World

    06 January 2023

    Working Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World provides a comprehensive review of both main aspects of working time – working hours and working time arrangements (also called work schedules) – and their effects on workers' work-life balance.

December 2022

  1. Joint report

    Experiences of violence and harassment at work: A global first survey

    02 December 2022

    The report is the first attempt to provide a global overview of people’s own experiences of violence and harassment at work, including its main different forms – be it physical, psychological or sexual – and respondents’ experiences with disclosing such occurrences.

November 2022

  1. Publication

    Digital guide of the Global wage report 2022-23: full report, key findings, datasets, summary

    30 November 2022

  2. Full report

    Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2022: Rethinking sectoral strategies for a human-centred future of work

    28 November 2022

    Labour markets are recovering from the COVID-19 crisis in Asia and the Pacific, but now face new challenges like inflation and geopolitical tensions. The report gives the regional labour market context and makes a first-time assessment of regional sectoral estimates to highlight which sectors are growing as sources of jobs, which are shrinking and which harbour opportunities for “decent work”.

  3. Report

    Greening Enterprises: Transforming processes and workplaces

    14 November 2022

October 2022

  1. Guidelines

    Conducting and contributing to Evaluations of National Action Plans on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work: A step-by-step guide

    20 October 2022

    These guidelines attempt to highlight the key stages in which we can appropriate integrate all Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work along the evaluation process of National Action Plans (NAPs) on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW).

September 2022

  1. Report

    Renewable Energy and Jobs: Annual Review 2022

    22 September 2022

    This new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) provides the latest estimates of renewable energy employment globally.

  2. Report

    Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage

    12 September 2022

    This report was produced through a collaboration between the ILO, Walk Free and the International Organization for Migration.

August 2022

  1. Report

    Global Employment Trends for Youth 2022: Investing in transforming futures for young people

    11 August 2022

    Incorporating the most recent labour market information available, Global Employment Trends for Youth sets out the youth labour market situation around the world. It shows where progress has or has not been made, updates world and regional youth labour market indicators, and gives detailed analyses of trends and issues facing young people in the labour market.

July 2022

  1. Report

    The gender pay gap in the health and care sector: A global analysis in the time of COVID-19

    13 July 2022