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ILO | Securing decent work in arts & entertainment

Published on February 24, 2023 by iaea – Comments off
Filed under: Gender equality, Health and Safety, ILO, Intellectual property, Labour rights, Precarious work, Sexual harassment, Status of the artist, Working relationship

ILO: workers group photo

Geneva, 23 February 2023

After a week of negotiations at the International Labour Organization (ILO), unions, employers and governments have agreed to a set of conclusions that recognize and seek to redress the long hours, low pay, lack of social protection and inequalities that are creating ‘decent work deficits’ in the arts and entertainment industries.

The outcomes, issued in a document today, follow a five-day ILO technical meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, from 13 to 17 February on the future of work in the arts and entertainment sector.

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ILO | Working paper on social protection in the CCS

Published on April 20, 2021 by iaea – Comments off
Filed under: Fundamental rights, ILO, Labour rights, Precarious work

ILO Working paper on social protection

First published on the ILO website

This Working Paper is based on the ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work, 2019, which calls on the ILO to direct its efforts to “developing and enhancing social protection systems, which are adequate, sustainable and adapted to developments in the world of work.”

In particular, the paper reviews policy and legal frameworks in selected countries that have pursued specific solutions to extend social security in the creative and culture sector, in order to identify entry points and mechanisms for expanding coverage.

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ILO | COVID-19 and the media and culture sector

Published on July 13, 2020 by iaea – Comments off
Filed under: ILO, Precarious work, Working relationship

ILO brief on the impact of covid-19

This ILO brief highlights the impact of COVID-19 on the media and culture sector, hit hard by unemployment and closed productions.

It analyses how the sector’s diversity in terms of contract types and occupations creates challenges in accessing social protection, safety and health, and economic relief programmes.

The brief also offers policy options, drawing from countries’ examples and initiatives from workers’ and employers’ organizations, to mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic on the sector.

View/download the ILO brief

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ILO | Meeting of Experts makes progress on precarious work

Published on March 28, 2015 by iaea – Comments off
Filed under: Atypical work, ILO

ILO logo

IAEA was represented by its President, John Smith, at an ILO tripartite Meeting of Experts on non-standard forms of employment. Conclusions agree to strengthen the ILO’s responses to precarious work.

After the Global Dialogue Forum on the working relationship in the Media and Culture sector held at the ILO headquarters in May 2014, a Committee of Experts representing employers, governments and workers met in Geneva on 16-19 February 2015 to debate how the ILO should respond to the threats to workers’ rights brought about by the expansion of precarious work.

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