Eighteenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians 2008, Report 2

The International Conference of LabourStatisticians (ICLS) meets every four years.In its eighteenth session (NovDec 2008),this meeting of experts has been convenedby the Governing Body of the InternationalLabour Office to discuss and adopt internationalstatistical standards on two topics:Child labour and working time. The ICLShas also provided guidelines for future workon (a) the measurement of decent work, (b)indicators of labour underutilization and (c)statistics on volunteer work.Three main r