Contact us: digitalwages@ilo.org
Contact us: digitalwages@ilo.org
Why does the payday still exist? This article studies various explanations—economic, historical, behavioral, and legal. It concludes that the payday owes its existence to legacy legal architecture and suggests a path for legal reform.
Millions of garment workers and their families are severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in countries where with social protection systems are underdeveloped. Around the world, several governments are leading by example by implementing policy and regulatory changes that…
The webinar was organized on 9 July 2020 by the ILO Office in Viet Nam, the ILO’s Social Finance Programme and Women’s World Banking, with support from the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Speakers: Valérie Breda (Technical…
This brief describes the results of a joint IFC and Bangladesh Bank initiative that developed the business case for electronic wage payments in Bangladesh’s garment sector to increase women’s financial inclusion.
RISE Digital Wages Toolkit is a technology tool developed with Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, to support managers to transition from cash to digital wages, considering the needs of female workers.
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.