ILO FoW Podcast - WESO 2021.mp3

How will digital labour platforms transform the world of work?

The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work

Can digital labour platforms create fair competition and decent jobs?

Rapid growth of digital economy calls for coherent policy response

The growth of digital labour platforms is presenting opportunities and challenges for workers and businesses around the world. Uma Rani, Senior Economist at the ILO and author of the World Employment and Social Outlook report 2021, explains the need for dialogue and regulatory cooperation in order to provide decent work opportunities in the sector. She is joined by several platform workers who share their experiences and hopes for the future of their work.

Uma Rani

Senior Economist in the ILO Research Department

Sergio Santos

Mercy Osongo

Laura Cardona

Anders Johnsson

Multimedia Producer in the ILO's Department of Communication

Future of Work Podcast- Can technology create a more equitable future of work.mp3

LinkedIn Co-Founder Allen Blue gives an interview at the 2019 International Women's Day Event at ILO Headquarters in Geneva.

How COVID-19 has accelerated the future of work

ILO and LinkedIn launch data insights partnership

Technology will be one of the key drivers shaping the future of work, but will it encourage decent work and social justice or fuel inequality and insecure work? Allen Blue, Co-Founder of LinkedIn and Vice President of Product Management explains how he sees technology bringing the public and private sectors together, to spread skills and opportunities and create the foundations for a greener and more equitable future.

Allen Blue

Sophy Fisher

Technology will  be one of the key drivers shaping the future of work, but will it  encourage decent work and social justice or fuel inequality and insecure  work? Allen Blue, Co-Founder of LinkedIn and Vice President of Product  Management explains how he sees technology bringing the public and  private sectors together, to spread skills and opportunities and create  the foundations for a greener and more equitable future. 

Can technology create a more equitable future of work?

Future of Work - Podcast on Telework with Jon Messenger_FINAL NEW.mp3

The COVID-19 pandemic led to a sudden explosion in the number of people who telework, even in jobs that no one would have imagined it possible to do. Jon Messenger, a Senior Research Officer at the International Labour Organization in Geneva, Switzerland has been studying how telework has evolved in the last 20 years and talks about its present and future in the world of work.

Woman sits at her desk and works from home.

Jon Messenger

Karen Sekiguchi-Naets

The COVID-19 pandemic led to a sudden explosion in the number of people who telework, even in jobs that no one would have imagined it possible to do. Jon Messenger, a Senior Research Officer a the International Labour Organization in Geneva, Switzerland has been studying how telework has evolved in the last 20 years and talks about its present and future in the world of work.

First-person perspectives on the world of work

The Future of Work Podcast

The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work

The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work

Can technology create a more equitable future of work?

Telework: Wild ride or win-win?