The changing nature of jobs - World Employment and Social Outlook 2015

How is the world of work changing? Are permanent contracts the norm or the exception? Discover the new World Employment and Social Outlook 2015 (WESO).

Key findings

  1. © Ray Witlin / World Bank

    ILO warns of widespread insecurity in the global labour market

    The World Employment and Social Outlook 2015 finds that, among countries with available data, three quarters of workers are employed on temporary or short-term contracts, in informal jobs often without any contract, under own-account arrangements or in unpaid family jobs.

Focus on

  1. Trends on the changing nature of jobs

  2. Global wage gap puts the brakes on the global economy

  1. © Maria Fleischmann / World Bank

    Following decades of rapid increase, global supply chain jobs shrink

  2. The policy response to the diversification of jobs