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Employment Working Group (official website)
G20 Meetings
of Labour and Employment Ministers
2025: July 25-26, Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Employment ministers meeting
2025: July 23, Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Ministers responsible for inclusive economic growth, industrialisation, employment and reducing inequality
2024: July 25-26, Fortaleza, Brazil
Declaration , July 26, 2024
Annex 1: G20 Policy Priorities to Reduce Inequalities in the World of Work , July 26, 2024
Annex 2: G20 Approaches to Safety and Health at Work , G20 OSH Network, July 22, 2024
Chair's statement , July 26, 2024
2023: July 20-21, Indore, India
Outcome Document and Chair's Summary , July 21, 2023
G20 Policy Options for Sustainable Financing of Social Protection , July 21, 2023
G20 Policy Priorities on Strategies to Address Skill Gaps Globally , July 21, 2023
G20 Policy Priorities on Adequate and Sustainable Social Protection and Decent Work for Gig and Platform Workers , July 21, 2023
2022: September 13-14, Bali, Indonesia
Chair's summary
Action Plan on Accelerating and Monitoring the G20 Principles for the Labour Market Integration of Persons with Disabilities [PDF]
The G20 Policy Recommendations for Sustainable Growth and Productivity in Human Capacity Development through Strengthening Community-Based Vocational Training (CBVT) [PDF]
Policy Recommendation on Promoting Entrepreneurship and Supporting MSMEs as a Job Creation Instrument [PDF]
G20 Policy Principles on Adapting Labour Protection for More Effective Protection and Increased Resilience for All Workers [PDF]
Update of the G20 Skills Strategy [PDF]
2021: June 22-23, Catania, Italy
Education and labour and employment ministers: Declaration , June 22
G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Declaration , with five appendices, June 23
Press briefing with Andrea Orlando, Italy's minister of labour, June 23
Press briefing with Patrizio Bianchi, Italy's minister of education, June 22
2020: September 10, virtual, hosted by Saudi Arabia
Ministerial declaration
2020: April 23, virtual meeting, hosted by Saudi Arabia
G20 Labor and Employment Ministers' Statement on COVID-19 , April 23, 2020
Press release , April 17, 2020
2019: September 1-2, Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Labour and employment ministers: Ministerial Declaration , September 2
2018: September 6-7, Mendoza, Argentina
Ministers responsible for education and employment: Joint Declaration 2018 , September 6
Ministers of employment and labour: Declaration 2018 , September 7
2017: May 18-19, Bad Neuenahr, Germany
Labour Ministers
Towards an Inclusive Future: Shaping the World of Work , with five appendices
A: G20 Priorities on the Future of Work
B: G20 Policy Recommendations to Reduce Gender Gaps in Labour Force Participation and Pay by Improving Women's Job Quality
C: G20 Policy Practices for the Fair and Effective Labour Market Integration of Regular Migrants and Recognised Refugees
D: G20 Statement on the Global Prevention Initiative 'Vision Zero Fund'
E: List of Reports Prepared by International Organisations
2016: July 11-13, Beijing, China
Labour and Employment Ministers
Declaration , July 13, 2016
Annex 1: G20 Entrepreneurship Action Plan , July 13, 2016
Annex 2: Policy Recommendations to Enhance Employability , July 13, 2016
Annex 3: G20 Initiative to Promote Quality Apprenticeship , July 13, 2016
Annex 4: Sustainable Wage Policy Principles , July 13, 2016
Annex 5: Policy Recommendations for Promoting More Equitable and Sustainable Social Protection Systems , July 13, 2016
Annex 6: G20 Employment Working Group Multi-Year Agenda , July 13, 2016
Annex 7: List of Reports prepared by International Organizations , July 13, 2016
2015: September 3-4, Ankara, Turkey
Labour and Employment Ministers
G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Declaration: Creating Quality Jobs for All, Investing in Skills and Reducing Inequalities to Promote Inclusive and Robust Growth , September 4, 2015
2015: September 4, Ankara, Turkey
Finance and Labour Ministers
Chair's Statement
2014: September 10-11, Melbourne, Australia
Labour and Employment Ministers
G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Declaration: Preventing Structural Unemployment, Creating Better Jobs and Boosting Participation , September 11, 2014
Annex A: Policy priorities for preventing unemployment from becoming structural
Annex B: Policy priorities for creating better jobs
Annex C: G20 Statement on Safer and Healthier Workplaces
Annex D: Policy priorities for boosting female participation, quality of employment and gender equity
Annex E: Reports received
2013: July 18-19, Moscow, Russia
Labour and Employment and Finance Ministers
Labour and Employment and Finance Ministers' Communiqué [English]
Labour and Employment Ministers; Declaration [English]
2012: May 17-18, Guadalajara, Mexico
Labour and Employment Ministers
Conclusions, including the Task Force Conclusions of the G20 Strategies on Youth Employment, May 18, 2012 [English PDF] [Español PDF]
2011: September 26-27, Paris, France
Labour Ministers
Conclusions, September 27, 2011 [English ] [Français ]
2010: April 20-21, Washington DC, United States
Ministers
Recommendations to G20 leaders, April 21, 2010 [HTML]
Recommendations to U.S. president Barack Obama, April 21, 2010 [HTML]
Participants [HTML]
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