ILO

UN study calls on governments and the social partners to put in place efficient job placement services and training opportunities, and to strengthen linkages between education and training systems and the world of work.
Department for Transport UK

UN study finds ‘substantial’ skills mismatch for European workers

29 October 2014
Europe’s labour market is facing a “substantial” mismatch between supply and demand as a sizeable percentage of continental workers are currently over- or under- qualified for their jobs, a new United Nations study has found.
Bonded child labourer, Pakistan.
ILO/M. Crozet

Modern slavery: UN rights experts welcome new international agreement on forced labour

13 June 2014
A group of United Nations independent experts on slavery, migrants, trafficking, sale and sexual exploitation of children, and internally displaced persons today welcomed this week’s adoption of a legally binding international Protocol to tackle forced labour worldwide and end what they call ‘modern slavery.’