Public and Workplace Services

World Social Protection Report 2014-15

The World Social Protection Report 2014-15 was launched by the ILO on June 3, 2014.  The report is a comprehensive source of information...

Informal employment and health status in Central AmericaBMC Public Health

Background: Informal employment is assumed to be an important but seldom studied social determinant of health, affecting a large number of...

Pesticide Vendors in the Informal Sector: Trading Health for Income

Abstract: South African low-income communities face many challenges (e.g., insufficient housing, poor service delivery, and abject poverty);...

Addressing the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Needs of Informal Workers: Market Traders and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

This case study illustrates the efforts of two membership-based organizations of market traders and street vendors in the Greater Accra Metropolitan...

Bridges to Better Lives: SEWA’s Community Health Workers

The following document describes the work of the SEWA’s community workers. This Workers’ Lives essay offers an intimate look at those...

Informal jobs and non-fatal occupational injuries

Pesticide Health and Safety Challenges Facing Informal Sector Workers: A Case of Small-scale Agricultural Workers in Tanzania

Abstract: The Tanzania informal sector is growing fast, with precarious working conditions and particular hazards for women and children...

Note on the proceedings of the Tripartite Meeting on The Construction Industry in the Twenty-First Century: Its Image, Employment Prospects and Skill Requirements

Decent Work for Domestic Workers, Report IV(1)

International Labour Conference, 100th Session, 2011

The transition from the informal to the formal economy

Report V(1) at 104th Session, 2015