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’s Kristen Edgreen Kaufman Elected Vice President, Global Employers at the International Labour Organization | June 15, 2026, New York, NY—The US Council for International Business (USCIB) announces the election of USCIB’s Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, SVP, Global Impact Initiatives, to the role of Vice President of Global Employers at the International Labour Organizations’ 114th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva, Switzerland from June 1-12. Kaufman represented global employers on behalf of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and helped shape meaningful outcomes for workplaces and economies around the world. Kaufman served with the Governments’ Vice President, Ambassador Nahida[...]
USCIB Concludes Negotiation of a New Global Labor Law at the International Labour Organization | June 12, 2026, New York, NY—The United States Council for International Business (USCIB) supports the new international treaty on platform work that was adopted in Geneva today. This is the first-ever global normative framework, which governments will use to set their own labor laws on gig work at the national level. Following negotiations over the last two weeks, an agreement was reached between the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) tripartite constituents – business,[...]