The 2008 financial crisis marked the beginning of a prolonged and ongoing period of extreme economic turbulence that has created multiple challenges for both governments and national systems of labour administration. Difficult economic conditions are encouraging a reevaluation of established...

This report expresses the concern that progress towards the goal of the recovery of quality jobs could be at risk as a result of a new twist to the financial crisis, countries being pushed into stringent fiscal policies; it discusses its consequences for the world of work and for the ILO,...