News and events on the future of work

  1. Address uncertainty and fear of the future of work

    01 March 2019

    Speaking at the launch in South Africa of the Global Commission report on the Future of Work, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder set the stage for the next steps in its implementation.

  2. Social enterprises play a key role in a decent future of work

    28 February 2019

    Innovative solutions are needed to combat the challenges facing the future of work said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder at the Social Economy National Consultation Conference in Durban, South Africa.

  3. Lifelong learning and skills development: Interview with Dr. Paul Ryan

    20 February 2019

    In this interview, Dr. Paul Ryan discusses how to ensure quality lifelong learning and the challenges ahead. Part of the video interviews recorded during the ILO's SKILLS Branch Workshop on Lifelong Learning held on 30 January, 2019.

  4. Lifelong learning and skills development: Interview with Sir Alan Tuckett, OBE (short version)

    20 February 2019

    In this interview, Sir Alan Tuckett, adult education specialist and campaigner, explains what is meant by lifelong learning, and the role the ILO and its partners play in managing lifelong learning systems. Part of the video interviews recorded during the ILO's SKILLS Branch Workshop on Lifelong Learning held on 30 January, 2019.

  5. ILO to host high-level conference on the future of work we want

    11 February 2019

  6. Work for a Brighter Future

    11 February 2019

    In a speech to the seventh World Government Summit, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder stressed the need for people to design the future of work they want. He identified three areas for investment: people and their capabilities; institutions; and jobs of the future, and said that the private sector’s productive capacities, resources and potential needed to be harnessed for the future of work agenda.

  7. The Future of Work We Want: Workers' Perspectives from the Caribbean

    The conference will bring together together representatives from trade unions, governments, academia as well as employers to discuss the developments that are driving the world of work in the future.

  8. A Future of Work with Social Justice: The ILO in its second Century

    07 February 2019

  9. The Future of Work International Forum in Ufa

    05 February 2019

    The International Forum “Future of Work: Decent Work for All” took place on February 4-5 at the Toratau Congress Hall in Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan. The forum’s primary goal was to discuss priority problems in the area of industrial relations and the principles of shaping the future of work, as well as to exchange opinions and experience of promoting social dialogue.

  10. First discussion on the Report of the Global Commission on the Future of Work held in Japan

    01 February 2019

    A tripartite panel discussion on the future of work highlighted the relevance of the Report of the ILO's Global Commission on the Future of Work in the context of Japan's labour market. Japan’s tripartite constituents acknowledged the necessity of social dialogue to promote human-centred agenda and revitalize the social contract in the world of work.