Wages

Wages are among the most important conditions of work and a major subject of collective bargaining. The ILO is committed to promoting policies on wages and incomes that ensure a just share of the fruits of progress to all and a minimum living wage for all employed in need of such protection. In order to do so it undertakes research and provides evidence-based policy advice on minimum wages, public sector pay, wage bargaining and gender pay gaps. Since 2008, the ILO publishes the Global Wage Report, one of its flagship reports and an authoritative source of information on wage trends and policies at national and global levels.

Highlights

  1. Publication

    A Review of Wage Setting through Collective Bargaining

    The Review of Wage Setting through Collective Bargaining provides insights about wage clauses in collective agreements, as well as about the dynamics of the wage bargaining process in the private sector based on examples from selected countries from a variety of regions, wage bargaining systems and income levels.

  1. Thematic page

    The Protection of Wages

    In this webpage you will find key ILO documents and publications related to the importance of ensuring the predictable, timely, complete and transparent payment of all wages by employers to workers

  2. Thematic page

    Wage bargaining

    In this webpage you will find key ILO documents and publications related to wage bargaining.

  3. Thematic page

    Minimum Wage Policy Guide

    Based on existing ILO standards and the diversity of international practice, this website provides information on key questions of good practice and highlights different choices that can be made depending on national preferences and country circumstances, regarding minimum wages.

  4. Thematic page

    The gender pay gap

    In this webpage you will find key ILO documents and publications related to the question of the gender pay gap.

  5. Thematic page

    The question of living wages

    In this webpage you will find key ILO documents and publications related to the question of living wages, including the ILO Brief on living wages.

  6. Flagship report

    Global Wage Report 2022-23: The impact of inflation and COVID-19 on wages and purchasing power

    The Global Wage Report 2022-23 report examines the evolution of real wages, giving a unique picture of wage trends globally and by region.

  7. Flagship report

    The Global Wage Report

    The Global Wage Report is a flagship report of the ILO published every two years since 2008. In this page you will find all editions of the report together with supplementary materials.