Publications on Wages
December 2019
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Minimum wage
The Maldives minimum wage report
15 December 2019
Following an official request of the Government of the Maldives, the ILO conducted a study on assessing the needs of workers and their families, and economic factor to set a minimum wage for the country.
November 2019
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Wages in Africa
Recent trends in average wages, gender pay gaps and wage disparities
03 November 2019
This publication depicts the evolution of real average wages since the global economic crisis of 2008, offering insights into the economic context for Africa and also presenting an overview of existing wage disparities within countries, including those related to gender.
August 2019
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ILO Asia-Pacific Garment and Footwear Sector Research Note Issue 9
Cambodia Garment and Footwear Sector Bulletin, Issue 9, July 2019.
09 August 2019
Part I of this edition of the Bulletin includes a statistical overview and analysis on the key characteristics and developments of the footwear sector, both globally and in Cambodia. Part II provides an update of key statistics and analyses trends of the garment, textile, and footwear (GTF) sector in Cambodia.
July 2019
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Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 106
Regulatory options for conflicts of law and jurisdictional issues in the on-demand economy
08 July 2019
Provides a global framework for thinking about the on-demand business model and assorted conflicts of law and jurisdictional issues.
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Key Findings
The Global Labour Income Share and Distribution
04 July 2019
The ILO dataset, developed by the ILO Department of Statistics, contains data from 189 countries and is drawn from the world’s largest collection of harmonized labour force survey data.
May 2019
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Publication
The working poor - or how a job is no guarantee of decent living conditions
03 May 2019
This issue of ILOSTAT’s Spotlight on work statistics focuses on employed people living in extreme poverty around the world. Using ILO’s global estimates of employment by economic class, it shows the great progress achieved during the last few decades in reducing working poverty in the world, and how more effort is still needed to completely eradicate it, particularly considering the strong regional disparities.
January 2019
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Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 104
Overtime work: A review of literature and initial empirical analysis
18 January 2019
An inter-disciplinary overview on how overtime issues are addressed by different academic disciplines. Examines the incidence of overtime work within the context of several distinct national employment regimes and industrial relations systems.
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ILO Asia-Pacific Garment and Footwear Sector Research Note Issue 9
Cambodia Garment and Footwear Sector Bulletin, Issue 8, December 2018
18 January 2019
This publication assesses the living standards and social, economic, and demographic profile of garment and footwear sector workers in Cambodia, drawing upon data collected from almost 4,000 households during the 2016 Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey (CSES), this Bulletin issue investigates living condition of workers and their households and provides regular statistical update and policy development in the garment and footwear sector in Cambodia.
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Publication
Minimum wages and wage protection in the Arab States: Ensuring a just system for national and migrant workers
08 January 2019
This note for policymakers explores how States in the region – particularly those with a high percentage of migrant workers – can initiate a systematic, evidence-based process for setting and adjusting minimum wages, drawing on ILO standards and international good practice, whilst also improving and strengthening systems of wage protection.
December 2018
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ILO Asia-Pacific Garment and Footwear Sector Research Note Issue 9
Gender pay gaps in the garment, textile and footwear sector in developing Asia
20 December 2018
This Research Note provides recent estimates of gender pay gaps in the Garment, Textiles and Footwear (GTF) sector in nine countries in Asia, and assesses the extent to which the observed gaps may be attributed to differences in individual observable characteristics, or to gender-based discrimination.