The ILO World of Work Show brings you a mix of live interviews and videos on the major challenges and opportunities facing the world of work.

The ILO World of Work Show brings you a mix of live interviews and videos on the major challenges and opportunities facing the world of work. This episode focuses on the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, which takes place on 28 April, and will discuss concrete steps that workers, employers, and governments can take to prevent occupational accidents and diseases. This episode launches ILO LIVE, our innovative online platform on the world of work.

How to build a positive safety and health culture

The ILO World of Work Show brings you a mix of live interviews and videos on the major challenges and opportunities facing the world of work. This episode focuses on the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, hosted by the Government of South Africa from 15 to 20 May. It comes at a critical time as 160 million children are still in child labour and the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to reverse years of progress. In this context, the conference represents an opportunity to assess progress made and identify the urgent measures needed to accelerate the elimination of child labour.



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This episode of the ILO World of Work Show focuses on the start of the 110th International Labour Conference, bringing together over 4000 Governments’, Workers’ and Employers’ representatives from 187 ILO Member States. With the world of work reeling from the triple crisis of food, fuel, and finance, our guests will discuss what needs to be done to ensure a human-centred recovery that is inclusive, sustainable, and resilient. Send us your questions to our experts through Twitter, using #WorldofWorkShow.

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How to tackle the triple crisis of food, fuel, and finance?

This episode focuses on the scourge of child labour and what more needs to be done to protect the 160 million children around the world who work, many in dangerous conditions.  Join us as we look back at the outcomes of the recent 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, and discuss the progress made and urgent measures needed to eliminate child labour.

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How can child labour be eliminated?

This episode focuses on the social and solidarity economy – an ethical approach to economic development that prioritizes the welfare of people and planet over profits. We will explore its various elements and how it can contribute to decent work and sustainable development. Send us your questions to our experts through Twitter, using #WorldofWorkShow.

The social and solidarity economy explained

This episode focuses on the critical importance of safety and health at work, which has been underlined by the COVID-19 pandemic. Join us live as we explore what more needs to be done to realize the right of all workers to be protected against sickness, disease and injury arising out of employment. Send us your questions to our experts through Twitter, using #WorldofWorkShow.

A safe and healthy world of work for everyone

This episode focuses on the outcomes of the 110th International Labour Conference and will discuss what has been achieved and what more needs to be done. At a time when international cooperation is becoming increasingly difficult, it is all the more important that governments, workers and employers come together to ensure a human-centred recovery that is inclusive, sustainable and resilient. Send us your questions to our experts through Twitter, using #WorldofWorkShow.

A look back at the 110th International Labour Conference

New season of the World of Work Show starts today at 16:00 CEST. This episode of the ILO's monthly live show will discuss latest estimates on modern slavery, the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions, to be presented at the UN General Assembly and the implications of the climate emergency for the world of work.

How to fight the rise of modern slavery

This episode of the ILO World of Work show will focus how to put social justice at the centre of global economic and development policies. The new ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo, has prioritized social justice in his mandate as a tool to rebuild the social and economic fabric which has been frayed by rising inequality, conflicts, and a lack of trust in the international system. Join our guests who will discuss how to increase social justice in practice, including through universal social protection, social dialogue and collective bargaining.

How to achieve social justice in the world of work

This episode of the ILO World of Work show will focus on the social dimension of climate change and how the ILO is keeping it at the forefront of discussions at the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference. Join our guests who will discuss how to achieve a just transition towards a greener economy that works for all women and men around the world.

The social dimension of climate change

This episode of the ILO World of Work show will focus on the role that social protection can take in supporting fundamental human rights. A role made all the more critical as the world of work enters a period of multiple and interconnected crises. In addition, we will take viewers to the 17th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting, currently taking place in Singapore, and explore the findings of the first ever global survey on experiences of violence and harassment at work.

The right to social protection

This episode of the ILO World of Work show looks at the new World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023 Report. From employment growth to job quality, what can we expect from the year ahead? We will also explore the latest trends in working time around the world, including the effects on productivity, mental and physical health, and work-life balance.

Working Life, Working Time and the Work-Life Balance

This episode of the ILO World of Work show is focused on the World Day of Social Justice and explores the various ways in which the ILO is striving to ensure global momentum for a new social contract, one that puts people at the centre of national and global policymaking. This show highlights some of the pressing global challenges we face and how a Global Coalition for Social Justice could help address the issues that are leaving too many behind.

A Future with Social Justice

As the historic UN Water Conference opens in New York, we find out why poor water and sanitation is holding back economies and societies. And, as it's now been three years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ILO World of Work Show explores why women were and continue to be disproportionately affected by the crisis.

The high stakes of water and work

10 years ago this month, over 1130 Bangladeshi workers died and thousands more were injured when the Rana Plaza building collapsed. To this day, it remains one of the most brutal lessons about the importance of occupational safety and health. A decade on, what has been changed in the Bangladesh garment industry and the four million workers who depend on it? And has it affected global supply chains and the clothes we buy? 
 
We all have a right to go to work and come home alive, uninjured, and healthy. As we mark World Day for Safety and Health at Work, we explore the designation of "a safe and healthy working environment" as a fundamental principle and right at work. Watch the ILO World of Work Show to find out what this means for workers around the world.

The Rana Plaza collapse: Ten years on

Many regions of the world are already breaking record temperatures. What is the impact of this heat on workers and economies, and what can we do to keep people safe and companies productive? The ILO World of Work Show will also mark International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia by exploring the current state of discrimination against LGBTIQ+ workers worldwide and what can be done to better include them in the world of work.

When is it too hot to work?

Every year, representatives from Governments, Workers' and Employer's Organizations of the ILO Member States come together at the International Labour Conference. Often called the international parliament of labour, they discuss the latest challenges facing the world of work and propose solutions to overcome them. This episode of the ILO World of Work Show will focus on the conference, its aims and the issues on the agenda.&nbsp;

What’s at stake at the International Labour Conference? 

An essential part of the ILO’s supervisory system is the Committee on the Application of Standards. It provides the opportunity for representatives of governments, employers and workers to examine how ILO Member States uphold the International Labour Standards that they have ratified. As the ILC discusses the creation of a new international standard on apprenticeships, the World of Work Show will look at how labour standards are created, implemented, and their effect on working lives.&nbsp;

Labour standards, what are they and why do they matter?

Labour protection is at the core of social justice and decent work. But what does that mean exactly and are labour protection systems fit for purpose in a rapidly changing world of work? To explore this, the ILO World of Work Show will explore the role of labour protection at a time of multiple crises. Join us as well to look back at the first week of the 111th International Labour Conference.&nbsp;

Inclusive Labour Protection for All 

To mark World Day Against Child Labour, held every June 12, the ILO&nbsp;World of Work Show&nbsp;looks at what else needs to be done to protect the 160 million children worldwide who are in child labour – many in dangerous conditions. We will also explore the critical role of social protection in protecting workers and their families.&nbsp;

What’s the key to ending Child Labour?

2023 is the 25th anniversary of the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, a historic commitment by governments, employers' and workers' organizations to uphold basic human values in our social and economic lives. At last year’s ILC the right to a safe and healthy working environment was declared as the fifth fundamental principle and right at work. So, the&nbsp;World of Work Show&nbsp;will explore what difference the Declaration has made to the working lives of women and men around the world and what more still needs to be done. The show will also wrap up the 111th International Labour Conference and discuss its achievements.&nbsp;

Labour Rights are Human Rights

The World of Work Summit will take place on June 14-15 around the central theme of “Social Justice for All”. Ahead of this high level forum, the ILO&nbsp;World of Work Show&nbsp;will offer a sneak peak of what is expected over the two days and will introduce some of the global figures who will attend. With domestic workers continuing to be one of the most overlooked categories of workers worldwide, we will also explore what more needs to be done to ensure they too have access to decent work and social justice.&nbsp;

How can we achieve Social Justice?

As Heads of State and Government gather at the UN General Assembly in New York to review the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the ILO World of Work Show will discuss where we stand on the 17 SDGs and what more needs to be done to achieve them. The show will also offer a sneak peek at the ILO’s soon to be launched campaign - “This Way to Social Justice - which aims to help combat inequalities for a greener, healthier and more sustainable future for all.

How tackling inequalities can help us achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

As 500 statisticians from around the world attend the <a href="https://live.ilo.org/events/21st-international-conference-labour-statisticians-2023-10">21st International Conference of Labour Statisticians</a> at the ILO in Geneva,&nbsp;this World of Work Show will explore the crucial role played by labour market data in creating better economies and better lives. What exactly do these&nbsp;statisticians do and how do their insights&nbsp;shape business strategies and government policies.&nbsp;The Show will also take you behind the scenes of the&nbsp;<a href="https://coffeepeople.vzf.ilo.org/">#CoffeePeople campaign</a>, which aims to promote and maintain safe and healthy working conditions within the global coffee supply chain.

How better data leads to better working lives

In this episode of the World of Work Show, Deputy Director-General Celeste Drake discusses the Global Coalition for Social Justice, recently endorsed by the Governing Body of the ILO. With just days until the next UN Climate Summit, hosted by the United Arab Emirates, we look ahead to what is likely to be on the table in Dubai, the backdrop for the talks and what the ILO will be doing during the Conference. We also provide a sneak peek of what's in store at the forthcoming Congress on Safety and Health at Work, scheduled to take place in Sydney at the end of this month.

How will the Global Coalition for Social Justice address world of work challenges?

There are approximately 73 million unemployed youth globally. Even in the best of times, young people face a tough situation in the labour market. In this episode of the World of Work Show, we discuss how to meet the challenges of youth employment with Sara Elder, Head of Employment Analyses &amp; Economic Policies Unit of the ILO. Also, Sukti Dasgupta, director of the Department on Conditions of Work and Equality (WORKQUALITY) talks about the recent ILO/Fundación ONCE report about how people with disabilities can seize job opportunities in the ecological transition. And Katie McQue, one of the winners of the 2022 ILO Global Media Competition on Labour Migration, explains how balanced and ethical reporting can contribute to address stereotypes and misconceptions about migrant workers.&nbsp;

How to meet the challenges of youth employment?

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During the World of Work Summit, ILO live interviewed attending labour ministers and heads of international organizations to find out what they feel needs to be done to achieve social justice for all.&nbsp;

On the sidelines of the World of Work Summit, ILO live interviewed attending labour ministers and heads of international organizations to find out what they feel needs to be done to achieve social justice for all.

Interview with Adama Kamara, Minister of Employment and Social Protection, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire

Voices from the World of Work Summit on social justice for all 

Interview with Ligia Noronha, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Head of UNEP New York Office

Interview with Mel Stride, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, United Kingdom

Interview with Pablo Mieres, Minister of Labour and Social Security, Uruguay

Interview with Raquel Cecilia Kismer de Olmos, Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security, Argentina

Interview with Seamus O'Regan, Minister of Labour of Canada

Interview with Adriana Quinones, Head, Human Rights and Development-UN Women 

Interview with Doris Zapata Acevedo, Minister of Labour and Labour Development, Panama

On the sidelines of the World of Work Summit, ILO live interviewed attending labour ministers and heads of international organizations to find out what they feel needs to be done to achieve social justice for all.&nbsp;

Interview with Federica Saliola-Manager, Jobs Group, Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice, World Bank 

Interview with Georges Engel, Minister for Labour, Employment and the Social Solidarity Economy, Luxembourg

Interview with Grégoire Owona, Minister of Labour and Social Security, Cameroon

The Governing Body of the International Labour Office is the executive body of the International Labour Organization (the Office is the secretariat of the Organization). It meets three times a year, in March, June and November. It takes decisions on ILO policy, decides the agenda of the International Labour Conference, adopts the draft Programme and Budget of the Organization for submission to the Conference, and elects the Director-General.

The High-Level Section of the Governing Body will focus on the challenges and opportunities of digitalization, including artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithmic management, for the world of work. The discussion, involving prominent experts, aims to inform the Governing Body of the latest developments and provide ideas for further research and discussion.

Challenges and opportunities of digitalization

Governing Body High Level Section

The ILC lunchtime conversations offer a chance to talk about important work-related topics. These informal discussions bring together experts to explore the key issues that are covered at the International Labour Conference (ILC).&nbsp;

Conversation about the Maritime Labour convention, a unique, modern and innovation ILO instrument. Key maritime actors share insights onn the success stories around the MLC and its positive impact on seafarers and shipping. They describe the pivotal role of social dialogue in shaping maritime labour standards and highlight some of the challenges lying ahead as well as measures taken or envisaged to navigate them.

Navigating the Maritime Labour Convention: Past, Present, and Future

60 years of <a href="https://normlex.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_INSTRUMENT_ID:312267">Convention 122</a>: still relevant today, and can it support fair and inclusive changes?

60 years of Convention 122 on Employment Policy: Supporting structural transformation and just transitions

Just transition to environmental sustainability and social dialogue

As partnerships are key to the ILO’s development cooperation, the conversation explores diverse ways of partnering with the ILO.&nbsp;

Partnering with the ILO

What way forward on estimating and operationalizing living wages?

Artificial intelligence and the world of work

Accelerating decent jobs and universal social protection for just transitions. This conversation aims to promote the value-added by the Global Accelerator in supporting countries to overcome persistent poverty and inequality, and facilitating just climate,digital and demographic transitions through integrated policy approaches, increased financing and investments and enhanced multilateral cooperation. It also explains how this initiative develops capacities, enhances coherence and builds evidence for sustainable impact at scale.

The Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions

Addressing the impact of heat stress on workers

Dialogue on the Global Coalition for Social Justice

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We only have 5 years to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, and AI is impacting people and the planet. We are the AI generation, and it is our responsibility to ensure that no one is left behind.AI for Good is identifying trustworthy AI applications, building skills and standards, and advancing AI governance for sustainable development.AI for Good is organized by ITU in partnership with over 40 UN Sister Agencies and co-convened with the Government of Switzerland.

This new webinar series “AI &amp; Work”, curated by the International Labour Organization (ILO), kicks off with a presentation of a global ILO study which analyses the potential exposure of occupations and tasks to Generative AI, and the possible implications of such exposure for job quantity and quality. It estimates task-level scores and then models potential employment effects at the global level as well as by country income group, highlighting the profile of those most affected.&nbsp;

Janine Berg and Pawel Gmyrek, ILO: Generative AI and jobs- A global analysis of potential effects on job quantity and quality

In this webinar, moderated by Janine Berg, ILO senior economist and Pawel Gmyrek, ILO senior researcher, Professor Daron Acemoglu presents a range of future scenarios of how AI might reshape the work landscape by 2030.This webinar is part of the <a href="https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/daron-acemoglu-can-we-have-pro-worker-ai/">ITU's AI for Good Initiative</a>. The goal of AI for Good is to identify practical applications of AI to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and scale those solutions for global impact. It is the leading action-oriented, global, and inclusive United Nations platform on AI. AI for Good is organized by ITU in partnership with 40 UN Sister Agencies and co-convened with Switzerland.&nbsp;

Daron Acemoglu, MIT: Can we have pro-worker AI?

This event is organized as part of ITU's <a href="https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/ai-job-quality-and-worker-voice-conditions-for-mutual-gains-in-the-digital-economy/">AI for Good Series</a>. Digital and AI-based technologies provide new tools to reorganize work and manage workers. These can be used in different ways: to automate and deskill jobs or augment worker skills; and to intensify monitoring and discipline or improve training and scheduling. In this talk, Professor Doellgast asks under what conditions these technologies generate mutual gains for employers, workers, and the broader public – drawing on findings from research in the North American and European telecom, IT, and call center industries. She discusses challenges to realizing these benefits, as well as opportunities for management and policy choices that support more socially sustainable AI strategies.&nbsp; &nbsp;This talk is based on: Doellgast, V. (2023). Can democracy at work deliver mutual gains in the digital economy? Studi organizzativi: XXV, 2, 2023, 213-229. – and Doellgast, V., Wagner, I., &amp; O’Brady, S. (2023). Negotiating limits on algorithmic management in digitalised services: cases from Germany and Norway. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 29(1), 105-120.&nbsp;This live event includes a 30-minute networking event hosted on the AI for Good Neural Network. This is your opportunity to ask questions, interact with the panelists and participants and build connections with the AI for Good community.

Virginia Doellgast, Cornell U.: AI, job quality, and worker voice- Conditions for mutual gains in the digital economy

This event is organized as part of ITU's <a href="https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/ai-job-quality-and-worker-voice-conditions-for-mutual-gains-in-the-digital-economy/">AI for Good Series</a>.In July 2023, the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) began a 118-day strike following a breakdown in negotiations with its counterpart, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). At the heart of the breakdown in negotiations was the use of AI in production. This conversation with Duncan Crabtree Ireland, Chief Negotiator of SAG-AFTRA, will discuss the concerns of its membership over the use of AI and the reasons the union felt an imperative to have an agreement on informed consent and fair compensation. The conversation will also cover the potential and limitations of AI for the industry, the need to establish guardrails at an early stage, as well as the technology-proof uniqueness of human talent.

Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA: Negotiating AI in Hollywood- A conversation with the chief negotiator of the Screen Actors Guild

This event is organized as part of ITU's <a href="https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/david-autor-applying-ai-to-rebuild-middle-class-jobs/">AI for Good Series</a>.In the Information Age, many hoped that technology would level the economic playing field by making information widely accessible. Instead, it concentrated power among experts who use this information to make important decisions. AI, however, presents a unique opportunity to change this dynamic by enhancing human expertise. AI can help more workers, not just elite professionals, take on complex tasks like medical care, legal work, software development, and education. The main argument of this talk is that, if used wisely, AI could help rebuild the middle-skill, middle-class heart of the US labor market that has been hollowed out by automation and globalization.

David Autor, MIT: Expertise, Artificial Intelligence, and the Work of the Future

This event is organized as part of ITU's <a href="https://aiforgood.itu.int/">AI for Good Series</a>.AI technologies have captured the public imagination and raised substantial fears. Many of these fears concern automation as some commentators claim that the large-scale elimination of jobs is imminent. This talk will try to put AI into some context about the things it does and how technologies have operated in the past. As in the past, new technologies such as AI don’t just automate, they also change organizations, the worker skills needed, and they have strong effects on consumers. Automation rarely replaces entire jobs; it typically just automates specific tasks. And when this happens, the remaining tasks – the ones that humans perform – become more valuable and often require new and deeper skills. Moreover, consumer benefits often raise demand dramatically as prices fall and quality improves. Greater demand often increases&nbsp;employment, rather than eliminating it. The talk will look at the long-term consequences of these changes and what the main social challenges are raised by this new technology.

James Bessen, Boston U.: What will AI do to our work?

This event is organized as part of ITU's <a href="https://aiforgood.itu.int/">AI for Good Series</a>.In this era of rapid technological change and huge political promises being loaded onto large language models (LLMs), how can we ensure that automation serves human potential rather than undermines it? Outlining findings from the ground-breaking Pissarides Review into the Future of Work and Wellbeing, Anna Thomas MBE will present an approach to technological transformation that puts human capabilities and wellbeing at the centre of innovation.Drawing on extensive research across UK firms and workers, she will outline critical insights about AI and automation's impact on work: from the hidden opportunities and inequalities emerging across regions and demographics to the urgent need for a new "Good Work" paradigm that prioritises human agency, skills, and resilience.&nbsp;Key takeaways will include:&nbsp;<ul><li>Why adopting more, new workplace technologies won’t automatically be positive for firms – or for health and wellbeing</li><li>How we can shape automation to enhance—not replace—human potential and use it to deliver a fairer future of better work</li><li>The importance of skills diversity and adaptive capabilities</li><li>Strategies for creating more equitable technological transitions</li></ul>

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