The ILO Office for the European Union and the Benelux countries

Ensure decent work for key workers

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how societies have undervalued essential workers, as well as the importance of giving such workers adequate pay and decent working conditions.
- World Employment and Social Outlook 2023: The value of essential work
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Number of children without critical social protection increasing globally – ILO and UNICEF

Multiple crises set to plunge more children into poverty creating an urgent need to scale-up social protection, new report warns.
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Economic slowdown likely to force workers to accept lower quality jobs

Faltering global employment growth and the pressure on decent working conditions risk undermining social justice, according to the ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023 report.
ILO Director-General makes first visit to Belgium

During his first official visit to Brussels, the ILO Director-General met several EU Commissioners to discuss the bilateral cooperation with the European Commission.
He also met two Deputy Prime Ministers of Belgium and the Belgian social partners.

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