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Contact us: digitalwages@ilo.org
This report evidences HERfinance Digital Wages Programme’s benefits for factories and workers via increased efficiency, financial inclusion, and women’s economic empowerment. It uses two data sources: HERfinance Digital Wages survey data collected from 64 factories through 4,076 baseline surveys and…
This Guidance Tool, developed by the ILO and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), is intended for companies operating in the construction sector in the Middle East and particularly the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Companies can use this practical and…
This report developed by the International Labour Organization Project Office for the State of Qatar provides insight into the strengths and gaps in the Wage Protection System from a number of perspectives, and puts forward actionable recommendations for its improvement.
This report presents the results of research conducted in Bangladesh by Microfinance Opportunities in collaboration with the Social Performance Task Force on the experiences of garment workers whose employers changed from paying them in cash to paying them digitally.
This video presents the electronic payroll system in Peru, which helps facilitate workers’ registration and transition to formality and contributes to improving the effectiveness of labour inspections.
Wage digitization in the apparel industry is just in its infancy but is quickly gaining traction as more and more owners see the benefits with the model. However, in order for the adoption to increase, there are certain challenges to…
This action plan explores how ready-made garment factories and mobile financial service providers in Bangladesh can collaborate in digitizing the salary disbursement process for workers.
This paper explores economic informality and how it relates to digital financial inclusion. It focuses specifically on the potential role that digital financial services–including those accessed through mobile phones and the internet–can play in encouraging businesses to formalize their operations.
This slide deck presents the results of a rapid assessment on electronic payment in Thai fishing, conducted in January/February 2019, approximately six months after bank account requirement came into force.
This report explains how workers in the United States of America are paid, highlights data showing an increasing use of payroll cards, describes the types of workers most likely to use payroll cards, and outlines the benefits and risks of…