“And the point here is that feeling, that frustration, that disillusionment, I think is very much generated from people’s experience of work. The ILO report published on Monday finds temporary work, agency work, precarious self-employment and other non-standard forms of employment have become more widespread. “In generic terms, I think people think they have a binary choice in life at the moment,” says Ryder. Last week the director general was re-elected for a second term with support from all three branches of the tripartite agency: workers’ representatives, employers and governments. Alongside curbing the rise in insecure jobs and the ILO’s work on tackling child labour and forced labour, Ryder is also pushing the agency to anticipate future trends.

Source: The Guardian November 14, 2016 12:56 UTC