Public service sector
The State is the largest or the single most important employer in almost all countries. The public service personnel comprise persons employed by public authorities at central, regional and local levels and include both civil servants and public employees. Public authorities and public emergency services must provide high-quality services to their citizens and decent work for their workers. The optimal way to achieve sustainable national development and poverty alleviation is to promote good governance and transparency through effective social dialogue in the public service. The ILO assists governments in improving labour relations and to protect whistle-blowers in the public service.
Technical meeting on the protection of whistle-blowers in the public service sector
The technical meeting discussed compelling issues concerning the protection of whistle-blowers in the public service. It had identified gaps, difficulties and opportunities in the application of the current whistle-blowers protection frameworks with the aim of adopting conclusions, including recommendations for future action by the International Labour Organization and its Members.
Guidelines and resources
Guidelines on decent work in public emergency services
Guidelines adopted at the Meeting of Experts to adopt Guidelines on Decent Work in Public Emergency Services (Geneva, 16–20 April 2018)
Meetings
Geneva, 26-30 September 2022
Technical meeting on the protection of whistle-blowers in the public service sector
Geneva, 16-20 April 2018
Meeting of Experts to adopt Guidelines on Decent Work in Public Emergency Services
Geneva, 2-3 April 2014
Global Dialogue Forum on Challenges to Collective Bargaining in the Public Service