Bureau for Employers' Activities

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The ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP) assists Employer and Business Membership Organizations (EBMOs) in building strong, independent, and representative organizations.

EBMOs, representing private sector enterprises, are crucial to sustainable development, societal stability, and prosperity. ACT/EMP maintains direct relations with EBMOs in member States, conveying their views, concerns, and priorities within ILO work. Read more about ACT/EMP

News and articles

ILO adopts landmark Convention on biological hazards in the working environment
Delegates standing and applauding the end of the 113th International Labour Conference

ILO adopts landmark Convention on biological hazards in the working environment

Agreement was signed by employers' organisations from Cambodia and Nepal, paving the way for future cooperation
The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FNCCI) and the Cambodian Federation of Employers and Business Association (CAMFEBA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the International Labour Conference  2025

Agreement was signed by employers' organisations from Cambodia and Nepal, paving the way for future cooperation

Highlights

Scientific Insights for Leaders of Employers and Business Membership Organizations
 actemp webinar series brochure

Webinar series - Business Is Not as Usual

Scientific Insights for Leaders of Employers and Business Membership Organizations

Guidance for employers’ and business membership organizations to position and use data as a strategic asset
Guidance for employers’

Transforming EBMOs into data-driven organizations

Guidance for employers’ and business membership organizations to position and use data as a strategic asset

Most recent publications

The Paraguayan Industrial Union Case Study

Case study

The Paraguayan Industrial Union Case Study

Employer perspectives on social protection for expatriate workers in Kuwait

Employer perspectives on social protection for expatriate workers in Kuwait

Key areas of work

Building effective employer and business membership organizations
Strengthened Employers Organizations

Building effective employer and business membership organizations

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) for EBMOs
ESG resource hub

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) for EBMOs

Productivity
Productivity and competitiveness

Productivity

Sustainable Enterprises
Roads

Sustainable Enterprises

Transforming EBMOs into data-driven organizations
Data driven organizations

Transforming EBMOs into data-driven organizations

Women in Business and Management
Women in business

Women in Business and Management

Events and meetings

Contemporary Employers' Organizations: Adaptation and Resilience

Launch of the book

Contemporary Employers' Organizations: Adaptation and Resilience

113th Session of the International Labour Conference
ILC palais room XX

2-13 June 2025

113th Session of the International Labour Conference

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Bureau for Employers' Activities
Phone: +41 22 799 8941
E-mail: [email protected]