International Organization of Employers
Location: Geneva
Founded: 1920
Membership: 150 national employers federations from 143 countries
Role
Represents business interests in social and labor matters at the global level, especially in the International Labor Organization, which sets international workplace standards and where employers are represented alongside trade unions and governments in a unique tripartite structure. Communicates business views on the ILO’s work, including on education and training, termination of employment, social security, health and safety, and labor standards, and represents employers within the ILO’s complaints and supervisory mechanisms. IOE also represents the views of business in the G20 process, the International Standardization Organization, the World Health Organization and the UN Human Rights Council, among other organizations.s issues. The United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the G20 and many other intergovernmental bodies, both international and regional, are kept in touch with the views of international business through ICC.
Recent News
USCIB Voices Concern Over UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights (10/27/2023) - The “Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Respect To Human Rights” convened in Geneva this week for its ninth session of negotiations on Legally Binding Instrument on Business and Human Rights. The Legally Binding Instrument, also known as the “UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights,” is in its fourth draft, as released on […]
USCIB Supports Joint Global Business Position on UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights (10/27/2023) - USCIB joins in support of the Global Joint Business Position on the Draft Legally Binding Instrument on Business and Human Right. The position paper responds to fourth Draft of the Legally Binding Instrument, also referred to as the “UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights,” prepared as the basis for the Ninth Session of the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational […]